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Philosophers of capitalism defend inequality on two grounds. Economist Friedrich A. Hayek, a Nobel Laureate, argues persuasively that the only alternative to the market's unequal apportionment of rewards is distribution of income on the basis of each person's moral worth?and who could possibly judge that fairly? Pragmatically...
Just after midcentury, there came a new awakening of the American conscience. Like earlier Great Awakenings, it was compounded of religion and an impatience with history. More Americans than ever before were dazzled by the contrast between perfect faith and crude fulfillment. They were less impressed by the fact that...
THE IDEA THAT justice means equality is often assumed bur rarely argued for, Writers assume that to show that a small percentage of the population has a larger percentage of wealth or income is to show that a social problem exists. The only question that remains is how to change...
GOVERNOR ROCKEFELLER refused to grant amnesty. He didn't think he had that constitutional power, and he was convinced it would be wrong anyway--it would "undermine the basic tenets of our society," that is, "equal application of the laws." This was Rockefeller's answer to the Attica Brothers, many...
These are the strong points of Levison's book: a mass of detail and understanding of working class life, and the upholding of the essentially "progressive" character of the American worker. But there are discrepancies that Levison cannot account for, and he conveniently leaves them out of his book. For...