ABSTRACT

The paper argues that exercising unlimited economic freedom, as promoted by neoliberal advocates, is in negative correlation with valuable human ends, such as greater wellbeing, healthy environment, and poverty elimination. The absence of barriers for business operations often threatens the right to safe food and drinking water, and other human rights. This is particularly true in small economies, such as in the Balkan transition countries. The market in these countries is ‘free’ and ‘open’ for big players predominantly, creating economic non-opportunities and non-freedom for the majority. This paper calls for a change to the neoliberal concept of economic freedom and deregulation. The research methods include a case study and the interpretative comparative analysis of the trends in the relevant fields.

摘要

该论文认为，正如新自由主义者所倡导的那样，行使无限制的经济自由与人类的宝贵利益负相关，例如更大的福祉，健康的环境和消除贫困。没有业务运营障碍通常会威胁到获得安全食物和饮用水的权利以及其他人权。在诸如巴尔干转型国家这样的小经济体中尤其如此。这些国家的市场主要对大型企业而言是“自由”和“开放”的，这给大多数人造成了经济上的无机会和非自由。本文呼吁改变经济自由和放松管制的新自由主义概念。研究方法包括案例研究和相关领域趋势的解释性比较分析。