Freedom and measured welfare failure are two sides of one policy dial.

Evidence

The justification for using this “failure coefficient,” he thought, “follows from the basic premise that the choices of individuals are the final standard. The “failure coefficient” could then be viewed equally as a “freedom coefficient” defining the degree of freedom one wanted to grant individuals. Thinking through the primacy of individual choice rather than contractually creates space for a form of social policy freed of any contractual duties and willing to act only on the incentives. — Anton Jäger and Daniel Zamora Vargas, Welfare for Markets, 121

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Friedman redefined economics’ goal from welfare maximization to freedom maximization. — Anton Jäger and Daniel Zamora Vargas, Welfare for Markets: A Global History…, 118; Welfare recipients were deemed to forfeit freedom and independence by drawing on state aid. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 219; Colonialism and capitalism form two sides of one continuous dispossession process. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 280

Broader Connections

• Welfare recipients were deemed to forfeit freedom and independence by drawing on state aid. #complicates (0.78) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 219
• Colonialism and capitalism form two sides of one continuous dispossession process. #corroborates (0.72) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 280