Economic Freedom and Welfare Before and After the Crisis

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Contemporary Views on Welfare and Reforms

2.2. Theories and evidence on how reforms affect welfare

Chapter 3. Policies and Reforms

3.1. Economic policies since 1970

3.2. Reform patterns

Chapter 4. Policy Convergence vs. Welfare Convergence

4.2. Welfare convergence: graphical evidence

4.3. Is welfare convergence significant?

Chapter 5. Welfare and Reforms: The Evidence

5.1. Welfare and Reforms: Graphical Evidence

5.2. Empirical strategy and data

5.3. Results

Chapter 6. Crises, Welfare and Populism

6.2. The political economy of populism

6.3. Measuring populism

6.4. Model

6.5. Results

6.6. Freedom, Populism and Welfare: Case studies