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Equity and choice : an essay in economics and applied philosophy /
Equity and Choice offers a new answer to an age-old problem: the meaning of a just or equitable distribution of resources. Julian Le Grand examines the principal interpretations of equity used by economists and political philosophers, and argues that none captures the essence of the term as well as...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York, NY, USA :
HarperCollins Academic,
©1991.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Equity and Choice offers a new answer to an age-old problem: the meaning of a just or equitable distribution of resources. Julian Le Grand examines the principal interpretations of equity used by economists and political philosophers, and argues that none captures the essence of the term as well as an alternative conception relating equity to the existence or otherwise of individual choice. He shows that this conception is not only philosophically well-grounded but is also directly relevant to key areas of distributional policy. The theoretical argument is complemented by detailed discussion o. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 190 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203333705 9780203333709 0203400097 9780203400098 9780043500651 004350065X 9786610323487 6610323488 9780043500668 0043500668 1134998805 9781134998807 1280323485 9781280323485 0429230869 9780429230868 |