In this essay, split between discussions of the socialist ideal and state expenditure, he presents the fraught economic, societal and ethical implications attendant upon the question of income redistribution.

Bertrand de Jouvenel was an author and teacher, first publishing On Power in 1945. John Gray is Professor Emeritus of European Thought at the London School of Economics.

In this essay, split between discussions of the socialist ideal and state expenditure, he presents the fraught economic, societal and ethical implications attendant upon the question of income redistribution.

This volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions.

This book explores the relation between redistribution and recognition, two key paradigms in the contemporary discourse on justice.

A debate between two philosophers who hold different views on the relation of redistribution to recognition.

Samuel Bowles answers with a resounding “no.” Policies that follow from this paradigm, he shows, may “crowd out” ethical and generous motives and thus backfire. But incentives per se are not really the culprit.

This book explores the political, sociological, economic, and philosophical issues of the basic income guarantee.