Welfare and freedom: a long-term vision

Leandro Prados de la Escosura, professor of economics UC3M

On 21 February 2023, the Rafael del Pino Foundation organised the keynote lecture "Welfare and Freedom: A Long-Term Vision", given by Leandro Prados de la Escosura, Emeritus Professor of Economic History at the Carlos III University of Madrid, on the occasion of the publication of his latest work entitled "Human Development and the Path to Freedom", published by Cambridge University Press.

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