Against Equality: Readings on Economic and Social PolicyWilliam Letwin, Foundation for Education in Economics |
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... inheritance maintains and even extends inequality . What should be done about that ? For the consistent anti - egalitarian , the policy question is easy . Inheritance results from savings , and saving is desirable in as much as it ...
... inheritance maintains and even extends inequality . What should be done about that ? For the consistent anti - egalitarian , the policy question is easy . Inheritance results from savings , and saving is desirable in as much as it ...
Page 257
... inheritance rather than from saving out of higher income . Inheritance , says Professor Atkinson , cannot be justified by ' deserts ' : ' A person who has inherited £ 1 million has not foregone consumption earlier in life to acquire ...
... inheritance rather than from saving out of higher income . Inheritance , says Professor Atkinson , cannot be justified by ' deserts ' : ' A person who has inherited £ 1 million has not foregone consumption earlier in life to acquire ...
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... inheritance than it did to political equality . Perhaps the greatest force making for dynamics leading toward inequality is the fact that inheritance goes almost wholly to the family , this being the major integrative unit of society ...
... inheritance than it did to political equality . Perhaps the greatest force making for dynamics leading toward inequality is the fact that inheritance goes almost wholly to the family , this being the major integrative unit of society ...
Contents
Against Equality Again | 73 |
The Idea of Equality as a Substantive Principle | 106 |
The Pursuit of Equality | 124 |
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