Ethical Issues in Income Distribution: National and International

Amartya Sen and János Kornai

Chapter 13 in The World Economic Order, 1981, pp 464-497 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract There is an old Jewish story about why British Jews have been less successful than Jews in America. They all left from Russia in a ship holding tickets to New York. When the ship stopped to refuel in Liverpool, the stupid ones got off.

Keywords: Moral Judgement; Income Distribution; Primary Power; Difference Principle; Dominance Ranking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-16488-2_14

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