Entrepreneurship and The Least Advantaged

Economic liberties, such as the freedom to engage in independent economic activity, to own productive property, to enter into market competition, and to profit from transactions, are often associated with the advantageous positions of tycoon, business visionaries, and successful entrepreneurs. This one-sided picture ignores the value of such liberties for the least advantaged, particularly in non-ideal contexts where job markets offer them less than adequate job opportunities. This paper inspects the significance of economic liberties for three disadvantaged groups, namely, poor and low-skilled workers, immigrant workers, and disabled workers. After doing that, the paper discusses how fostering entrepreneurship can meet the requirements of Rawlsian justice concerning the least advantaged.