This book is a collection of articles written by the two authors on the topic of equality of opportunity. All articles build on the idea that a just society should equalize the resources that determine the opportunities agents face in order to follow their goals. Resources are either external,...
Related to equality:Equality of opportunity taxation the government receipts fromTAXESon personal and business income, expenditure and wealth. Taxes on income include personalINCOME TAXandCORPORATION TAX; taxes on expenditure includeVALUE-ADDED TAXandEXCISE DUTIES. Taxes are used to finance government spendi...
The definition of socialism, Crosland warned, is a kaleidoscope of heterogeneities. Divided by their theories and separated by their solutions, different socialists have championed different ends and recommended different means. Different times, different places, different personalities, different ideologies ...
Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Equality of opportunities Definition Several fields of study engaged with the concept of equality of opportunity (EO), such as philosophy, political theory, ethics, and law. Despite the different conceptions and approaches flourished on EO, the core shared meanin...
equality of opportunityequality of placeThis article shows that post-Keynesian economics is more closely tied to the proposal of equality of place rather than that of equality of opportunity. More precisely, it advocates for the approach of utilizing equality of place as a means to attain equality...
laws and policies that attempt to achieveequityare often challenged in court or are highly controversial. For example, the American idea ofaffirmative actionthat aims to achieveequityin employment and education by discouraging biased orbigotedhiring practicesand promoting equal opportunityhas been repeatedly...
The Spectator and Stakeholder treatments adopt many features found in Konow (2000), including its diverse US subject pool, and, therefore, offer an opportunity for replication. They also test the robustness of those results with a new Japanese subject pool, in the process doubling the sample ...
So here, a possible takeaway for gender equality is to start the equality from own individual’s personal behavior and family in value, respect, equal opportunity in education, resources, and meaningful participation in every decision-making process. The subsequent essential step is to distribute the...
The report recognizes the intrinsic value of equity but aims primarily to document how a focus on equity matters for long-run development. It has three parts: Part I considers the evidence on inequality of opportunity, within and across countries. Part II asks why equity matters, discussing the...
(2018, 155ff.) suggested to view aid for the “undeserving poor” not as a requirement of justice but as a minimization of opportunity costs. Extensive checks of available means of the needy are common. This can be understood as limiting the deviations from reciprocity to an acceptable extent...