http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/FreedomIndex.html
Another interesting piece from LBO. This seems related to Sen in a direct way. First, the rhetoric of the Heritage foundation is almost identical to Sen--more freedom equals more growth (i.e. development). With just these terms, as mythic signs in US culture, it is easy to see how, for instance, certain Hawkish ex-defense department, future World Bank president folks who believe in, more than anything, promoting America as the uber-state in the world system (this having a direct correlation to "freedom") could hijack any such rhetoric for whatever selfish, misguided plan they wanted to carry out.
But, second, it also shows how unsettled these terms could be. For the HF indexes would fith Sen's definition of either freedom or development.
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