Globalization and Economic Ethics

Distributive Justice in the Knowledge Economy
2007. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-349-37042-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 385 g

What is the appropriate criterion to use for distributive justice? Is it efficiency, need, contribution, entitlement, equality, effort, or ability? This book   maintains that far from being rival principles of distributive justice, efficiency and need satisfaction are, in fact, complementary norms in our emerging knowledge economy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barrera, A.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Vertrieb
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Globalisierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Overlapping Questions: Globalization and Distributive Justice PART I: THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY Microelectronics and Market Efficiency Requisite Agility PART II: EFFICIENCY AS A CRITERION OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE Efficiency Matters Even More in the Information Age: Considering the Distributive Dimension of Price PART III: NEED AS A CRITERION OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE Need Satisfaction as a Necessary Condition of Efficiency Broader Base for Market Initiative, Creativity, and Stability PART IV: ENTITLEMENT AS A CRITERION OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE Ownership Externalities Summary and Conclusions: Distributive Justice in the Knowledge Economy

Über Autor(innen)

ALBINO BARRERA is Professor of Economics and Humanities at Providence College, USA.