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On the economics of basic liberties

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The paper discusses the problem of initial assignments of rights. An attempt is made to characterise a system of rights in the spirit of Rawls’s first principle of justice according to which society should adopt the most extensive system of equal basic liberties.

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  1. Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University, Hollandseweg 1, 6706, KN, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Hans-Peter Weikard

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Weikard, HP. On the economics of basic liberties. Soc Choice Welfare 22, 267–280 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-003-0286-y

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