Against Equality: Readings on Economic and Social PolicyWilliam Letwin, Foundation for Education in Economics |
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Page 154
... measures to spread and increase educational opportunity are measures to extend and to raise the floor rather than to enforce a uniform equal provision . Guided by this different ideal , and by a commitment to liberty , libertarian ...
... measures to spread and increase educational opportunity are measures to extend and to raise the floor rather than to enforce a uniform equal provision . Guided by this different ideal , and by a commitment to liberty , libertarian ...
Page 218
... measures in employment , public accommodations , labour organisation , and property disposal . The boundary between what is thought just and unjust remains unsettled . There is , it is supposed , a sphere of private relationships which ...
... measures in employment , public accommodations , labour organisation , and property disposal . The boundary between what is thought just and unjust remains unsettled . There is , it is supposed , a sphere of private relationships which ...
Page 380
... measures . Relief of poverty , especially the improvement in the position of the very poor , has nothing to do with the pursuit of equality . Egalitarian policies often ignore the poor , especially those who are self - reliant and ...
... measures . Relief of poverty , especially the improvement in the position of the very poor , has nothing to do with the pursuit of equality . Egalitarian policies often ignore the poor , especially those who are self - reliant and ...
Contents
Against Equality Again | 73 |
The Idea of Equality as a Substantive Principle | 106 |
The Pursuit of Equality | 124 |
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