Freedom and the Pursuit of Happiness - Bavetta, Sebastiano (Universita degli Studi, Palermo, Italy) a Navarra, Pietro (Universita degli Studi di Messina, Italy) a Maimone, Dario (Universita degli Studi di Messina, Italy)

Different types of freedom have different impacts on happiness, as socioeconomic circumstances change. As the economy grows, happiness depends more on non-intrusive institutions that do not constrain people's political and economic possibility of self-expression. The implications for policy cannot be underestimated: maximizing freedom is a major goal in the pursuit of happiness.