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Should Wealth Be Redistributed?: A Debate book cover

1st Edition

Should Wealth Be Redistributed? A Debate

By Steven McMullen, James R. Otteson Copyright 2023
298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge
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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... Read more

Foreword
Michael Munger

Opening Statements

1. Redistribution to Expand Economic Opportunity
Steven McMullen

2. Justifying Wealth Redistribution: Can the High Burden be Met?
James R. Otteson

First Round of Replies

3. Poverty, Moral Hazard, and the State: Reply to James R. Otteson
Steven McMullen

4. Difficulties with the Wealth Redistribution Argument: Reply to Steven McMullen
James R. Otteson

Second Round of Replies

5. Distributive Justice, Economic Growth, and the Welfare State: Reply to James’s Reply
Steven McMullen

6. How to Care for the Poor, and How Not to: Reply to Steven’s Reply
James R. Otteson

Biography

Steven McMullen is Associate Professor of Economics at Hope College and Executive Editor of the journal Faith & Economics. He is the author of Animals and the Economy (2016) and Digital Life Together: The Challenge of Technology for Christian Schools (2020).

James R. Otteson is John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business Ethics, and Faculty Director of the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership, Business Honors Program, and Business Ethics and Society Program, at the University of Notre Dame. His most recent books are Honorable Business (2019) and Seven Deadly Economic Sins (2021).

"Both McMullen and Otteson are adept at navigating the ethical and moral arguments in the abstract, but each is willing to take seriously the problems of implementation and practical consequence. I enjoyed the discussion, and I expect that you will also."
Michael Munger, Duke University (from the Foreword)

　

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