Distributive justice and taxation
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Distributive justice and taxation
(Routledge frontiers of political economy)
Routledge, 2021
- : hbk
Available at 5 libraries
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
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  Gunma
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  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
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  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
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  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Providing a thorough examination of distributive justice, Distributive Justice and Taxation presents and discusses different theories of what constitutes a just society, and how goods should be distributed in such a society.
The distribution of goods in society has direct and serious consequences on the lives of the people. There are therefore important questions to be asked regarding the justice of that distribution: Is it just that some people inherit large fortunes while others inherit nothing? Do rich people have additional access to political power because of their wealth? If so, is that just? And should the ambition for economic policies be to combat poverty, or to reduce inequality? This book explores these questions and a number of others through the analysis of related theories, spanning from strong egalitarian theories on the left to right-wing libertarianism. The chapters also explicitly examine the case of taxation - one of the most important and controversial measures of distribution of goods in society. Placing emphasis on the case of Norway and using data from both the UK and USA as a point of comparison, the work details and explores the key features of the tax system. It concludes by presenting and evaluating arguments for and against taxes such as income tax, wealth tax, and inheritance tax.
This book is essential reading for those interested in distributive justice, as well as students and scholars of philosophy, law, political science, and economics.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Inequality, justice and redistribution Part 1: Theories of justice 1. Justice as fairness: John Rawls 2. Libertarianism: Robert Nozick 3. Equality of resources: Ronald Dworkin 4. Equality and community: G.A. Cohen 5. The capability approach: Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum Part 2: Controversies 6. What is the value of equality? 7. Equality- a distributive ideal or an ideal of social relations? Part 3: Intervention: Just taxation 8. Foundational philosophical issues 9. The Norwegian tax system 10. Inheritance tax 11. Taxation of wealth Conclusion Literature
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