Against Equality: Readings on Economic and Social Policy

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
The case against equality....Pages 1-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Against equality again....Pages 73-105
The idea of equality as a substantive principle of society....Pages 106-123
The pursuit of equality....Pages 124-147
The procrustean ideal: libertarians v. egalitarians....Pages 148-163
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Equality of opportunity....Pages 167-188
Equality of opportunity and equality of results....Pages 189-198
The idea of equality reconsidered....Pages 199-206
Equality under the law....Pages 207-225
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
How unevenly is wealth spread today?....Pages 229-260
The stability of inequality....Pages 261-275
Equality and economic theory....Pages 276-293
Front Matter....Pages 295-295
The egalitarian imperative....Pages 297-312
Can inequality be cured?....Pages 313-327
The charity of the uncharitable....Pages 328-344
Economic justice and the economist....Pages 345-359
The grail of equality....Pages 360-382
Back Matter....Pages 383-400