Distributional Justice - Theory and Measurement

The book covers utilitarianism and welfare economics, moving on to Rawls's social contract and the Sen/Nussbaum capability approach with a refreshingly readable style. It is an important read for economists and other social scientists.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. About distibutional justice 3. Deserts and fruits of our labour 4. Welfarism: utilitarianism and welfare economics 5. John Rawls's theory of justice: the social contract 6. Equality of what? Resources and capabilities 7. Libertarianism and Marxism 8. Children and their mothers 9. Income and wealth 10. Household income 11. What we should measure? 12. Lorenz curves and inequality measures 13. Social evaluation of inequality 14. Some inequality measures 15. Poverty 16. Decomposition of inequality measures

About the author

Hilde Bojer

Summary

The book covers utilitarianism and welfare economics, moving on to Rawls's social contract and the Sen/Nussbaum capability approach with a refreshingly readable style. It is an important read for economists and other social scientists.

Product details

• Authors: Hilde Bojer, Bojer Hilde
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780415298247
• ISBN: 978-0-415-29824-7
• No. of pages: 168
• Weight: 362 g
• Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, Political Ideologies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, Social & political philosophy, Economic theory & philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political Economy, Political ideologies and movements, Economic theory and philosophy