EIP6 Economic Justice

57. A Theory of Justice — John Rawls

58. The Entitlement Theory of Justice — Robert Nozick

59. Benefitting from Injustice — Daniel Butt

60. Bleeding Heart Libertarian View of Inequality — Andrew Jason Cohen

International Monetary Fund. Includes latest international data, extensive reports, etc.
Fewer families are living in middle class communities, drawn from recent census data from the Russell Sage Foundation and Stanford University.
The United Nation's International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. The text was completed in 1966, and many countries have ratified it. The United States is not one of them.

D'Agostino, Fred. "Original Position." An explanation of this central notion in John Rawls's Theory of Justice. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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.
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. Includes 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. Includes several responses to him.
Wein, Sheldon. "A Humean Theory of Distributive Justice for a New Century." Paideia Project Online.

Americans for Fair Taxation. A group advocating a single, flat (non-progressive) national sales tax and eliminating the progressive income tax.
Economic Policy Institute. A think tank specifically focused on national and international economic concerns.
Einstein, Albert. "Why Socialism?" From Monthly Review (1948).
"Government is Good" website. Developed and maintained by noted political scientist Douglas Amy.
Heritage Foundation's page of resources on Welfare.
Ignatieff, Michael. "Welfare." In a radio interview, the Carr Professor of Human Rights discusses the rationale for, and the limitations of, state-sponsored welfare programs. [RealAudio]
"Sleight of the Invisible Hand" An argument that most people, and especially conservatives, misquote and misunderstand Adam Smith's notion of "The Invisible Hand."
Lessig, Lawrence. "Forms of Property" and "Intellectual Property" Two essays from a Stanford Law Professor, who explains the different types of property and discusses the particular problems that arise in understanding and protecting intellectual property rights.
Lessig, Lawrence. Stanford Law Professor Lessig [RealAudio]
Martin, Phillip. "Migrant Workers." A California sociologist discusses the nature of migrant workers, including their impact on the economy. [RealAudio]
Martin, Rod. "Flat Taxes." The founder of The Vangaurd argues in a radio interview against progressive taxation. [RealAudio]
Pew Charitable Trusts. Succeeding generations are not doing as well as their parents – unless they are rich.
Schmidtz, David. "Private Property." Schmitz, a University of Arizona philosopher, argues for the importance of private property. [RealAudio]
United for a Fair Economy. A think tank that advocates a fairer taxation scheme and 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 Law Center. An organization representing welfare recipients, to ensure they receive the benefits to which they are entitled.

Resources for "Economic Justice"