Overview
"""Justice and Equity"" is concerned with the study of fairness and efficiency in the structure of allocation problems. A part of Serge-Christophe Kolm's concept of justice (here as well as in his recently published ""Modern Theories of Justice"") is the argument that priority should be given to the care of individuals whose basic needs are not being satisfied. Kolm also criticizes mainstream economics for being relatively silent on the question of justice and applies the tools of economic analysis to try to solve the problems of both justice and equity. This first English translation of his seminal work should allow economists and political scientists, as well as philosophy and law students studying distributive and social justice, broader access to the author's tools and theoretical analysis. The analysis of equity occupies the first two parts of Kolm's text. The first part expresses basic concepts and presents, in particular, the criterion of equity. The second part analyzes the distribution of goods, services and jobs. The third and final part discusses the ideal equality of welfare."
Full Product Details
Author: Serge-Christophe Kolm ,
Harold F. See
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
Imprint: MIT Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.590kg
ISBN: 9780262112154
ISBN 10: 0262112159
Pages: 275
Publication Date: 17 February 1998
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
A rich and very important contribution to welfare economics and political philosophy. Ashley Piggins The Economic Journal The translation of Serge Kolm's seminal work into English has been longawaited by those working in this field. Kolm's cartesian analysis ofdistributive justice is a model of clarity and precision. Hal R. Varian , Dean, School of Information Management and Systems,University of California, Berkeley
A rich and very important contribution to welfare economics and political philosophy. -- Ashley Piggins, The Economic Journal The translation of Serge Kolm's seminal work into English has been long awaited by those working in this field. Kolm's cartesian analysis of distributive justice is a model of clarity and precision. --Hal R. Varian, Dean, School of Information Management and Systems, University of California, Berkeley
Author Information
Serge-Christophe Kolm is Professor and Director at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris. He is the author of thirty books and several hundred scientific articles in economics and other branches of social science.
