Social Repression and Variation within the Human Freedom Index
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Human Freedom; Personal Freedom; Economic Freedom; Social repression;All these keywords.
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- P00 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - General - - - General
- D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
- K38 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Human Rights Law; Gender Law; Animal Rights Law
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