Property Rights & Contracts

This dimension measures how strong you think the right to own and use property, and to make agreements without interference, should be. It covers expropriation, rent control, land-use rules and contract terms the state can override.

Toward more freedom

Protected private property and free contracts between adults, with minimal interference.

Toward more control

Property subordinated to its social function, with expropriation and regulation when the common good requires it.

Debates it touches

Rent control
Expropriation for public use
Squatting in empty homes

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The other dimensions

01 Freedom of Movement & Migration
02 Fiscal & Tax Policy
03 Free Speech & Press
04 International Trade
05 Privacy & State Surveillance
06 Property Rights & Contracts
07 Freedom of Religion & Conscience
08 Financial & Monetary System
09 Civil Rights & Lifestyle Choices
10 Labor & Market Regulation
11 Criminal Justice & Due Process
12 Government Spending & Subsidies