Economic Justice

Web Resources

Assorted links and government documents.

• Marcelo Vásconez's superb Business Ethics page.  Includes various links on corporate responsibility, corruption, and workers rights.
  
  
• Narveson, Jan.  Bibliography of many of his articles.  He is a leading exponent of libtertarianism.
  
  
• United Nations. International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.  The text was completed in 1966, and many countries have ratified it.  The United State is not one of them.

Philosophical Essays

• Cohen, Joshua, "Remarks on Poverty and Inequality."
  
  
• D'Agostino, Fred. ";Original Position." An explanation of this central notion in John Rawls's Theory of Justice.  Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  
  
• Elster, Jon. "The Idea of Equality Revisited." in J. Altham and R. Harrison, eds., World, Mind, and Ethics: a Festschrift for Bernard Williams, Cambridge University Press.
  
  
• Honderich, Ted. "What Equality Is."
  
  
• LaFollette, Hugh.  "Why Libertarianism Is Mistaken.". From Justice and Economic Distribution (1977).  A critique of libertarianism, with a special focus on Nozick's version.
  
  
• Lamont, Julian. "Distributive Justice."  Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  
  
• Murphy, Liam. "Institutions and the Demands of Justice.".  From Philosophy and Public Affairs.  [pdf],
  
  
• Pojman, Louis.  "Equality: a Plethora of Theories."  Journal of Philosophical Research.
  
  
• Roemer, John.  "Equality and Responsibility."  From the Boston Review.  Roemer argues that the equality undergirding the "welfare state" is best understood as equality of opportunity.  Also links to a series of commentaries on this essay.
  
  
• Van Parijs, Philippe.  "A Basic Income for All."  From the Boston Review.  An argument that all people should receive a basic income.
  
  
• Wein, Sheldon. "A Humean Theory of Distributive Justice for a New Century."  Paideia Project Online.
  
  
• Wolff, Jonathan. "Robert Nozick, Libertarianism, and Utopia."  A compilation of some of Wolff's critiques of libertarianism, drawn from multiple sources.
  

 

Popular discussion of and radio interviews about economic issues.

• Americans for Fair Taxation.  A group advocating a single, flat (non-progressive) national sales tax and to eliminate the progressive income tax.
  
  
• American Taxation Association.  Group that evaluates different tax policies.
  
  
• Daniels, Norman.  "The Government's Role in Health Care."  A radio interview in which Daniels advocates a strong governmental role in health care. [RealAudio]
  
  
• Economic Policy Institute.  A think tank specifically focused on national and international economic concerns.
  
  
• Einstein, Albert. "Why Socialism?"  From Monthly Review (1948).
  
  
• Heritage Foundation's page of resources on Welfare.
  
  
• Ignatieff, Michael.  "Welfare."  In a radio interview, the Carr Professor of Human Rights discusses the rational for, and the limitations of, state sponsored welfare programs. [RealAudio]
  
• Lessig, Lawrence. "Forms of Property."  Stanford Law Professor Lessig explains in a radio interview about the different types of property. [RealAudio]
  
  
• Lessig, Lawrence. "Intellectual Property." Stanford Law Professor Lessig discusses the particular problems that arise in understanding and protecting intellectual property rights. [RealAudio]
  
  
• Martin, Phillip. "Migrant Workers."  A California sociologists discusses the nature of migrant workers, including their impact on the economy. [RealAudio]
  
  
• Martin, Rod. "Flat Taxes."  The founder of The Vangaurd argues in the radio interview against progressive taxation.  [RealAudio]
  
  
• Schmidtz, David.  "Private Property."  Schmitz, a University of Arizona philosopher argues for the important in private property.  [RealAudio]
  
  
• United for a Fair Economy.  A think tank that advocates a fairer taxation scheme.  Criticizes  the current trends toward concentrating wealth in the hands of a few. 
  
  
• Urban Institute's pages of links on welfare and welfare reform.
  
  
• Welfare Information Network.  Links of current changes in welfare policies in various states.
  
  

• Welfare Law Center.  An organization representing welfare recipients, to ensure they receive the benefits to which they are entitled.
  

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