This book presents fifteen essays, written over the past dozen
years, on egalitarianism. The essays explore contemporary
philosophical debates on this subject, using the tools of modern
economic theory, general equilibrium theory, game theory, and the
theory of mechanism design. Egalitarian Perspectives is divided
into four parts: the theory of exploitation; equality of resources;
bargaining theory and distributive justice; and market socialism
and public ownership. The first part presents Roemer's influential
reconceptualisation of the Marxian theory of exploitation as a
theory of distributive justice. The second part offers a critique
of Ronald Dworkin's equality-of-resources theory, and puts forward
a new egalitarian proposal based upon a specific method of
measuring individual responsibility. The third part introduces a
novel application of the theory of mechanism design to the study of
political philosophy, and raises new concerns about the limitations
of that application. The fourth part presents the author's views on
market socialism and public ownership, and demonstrates that
Professor Roemer is at the forefront of refining new theories and
conceptions of market socialism.
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