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Substantial inequality between rich and poor can coexist with Rawls' scheme. True, the Difference Principle would veto an increase in income at the top with zero redistribution to the bottom. But this limitation, in place in many industrial societies, is not exactly bringing capitalism to its knees.
Exaggeration is a useful educational tool. However Ec 10's presentation of Rawlsian distributive justice is not just a case of using an extreme example to illustrate a point. The selective witholding of inconvenient parts of Rawls' assumptions is careless at best and dishonest at worst. If Rawls' ideas are...
I am not a rabid Ec 10 hater. In fact if the course is taken with a healthy skepticism, I think it can be one of the most valuable offerings at Harvard. But, given that it is the only exposure of many Harvard students to economics, it has an added...
"Basically he's an administrator, not someone making moral judgements," Winmill said of Bok.
In a 68-page decision, the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with a jury verdict and subsequent judgment by U.S. Judge Walter J. Skinner after a three-week trial in July 1987. The ruling was issued December 1, but Brown's attorney said she chose not to publicize...