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Should Wealth Be Redistributed?: A Debate

Should Wealth Be Redistributed?: A Debate

McMullen, Steven
Otteson, James R.

Paperback

Series: Little Debates about Big Questions

PhilosophyEconomicsGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0367426625
ISBN13: 9780367426620
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 20 2022
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

A central contested issue in contemporary economics and political philosophy is whether governments should redistribute wealth. In this book, a philosopher and an economist debate this question. James Otteson argues that respect for individual persons requires that the government should usually not alter the results of free exchanges, and so redistribution is usually wrong. Steven McMullen argues that governments should substantially redistribute wealth in order to ensure that all have a minimal opportunity to participate in economic life. Over the course of the exchange, the authors investigate a number of important questions. Is redistribution properly a question of justice, and what is the appropriate standard? Has the welfare state been effective at fighting poverty? Can we expect government intervention in the economy to be helpful or counterproductive? Are our obligations to help the poor best met through government action, or through private philanthropy and individual charity?

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