Real Freedom for All: What (if Anything) Can Justify Capitalism?Capitalist societies are full of unacceptable inequalities. Freedom is of paramount importance. These two convictions, widely shared around the world, seem to be in direct contradiction with each other. Fighting inequality jeopardizes freedom, and taking freedom seriously boosts inequality. Can this conflict be resolved? In this ground-breaking book, Philippe Van Parijs sets a new and compelling case for a just society. Assessing and rejecting the claims of both socialism and conventional capitalism, he presents a clear and compelling alternative vision of the just society: a capitalist society offering a substantial and unconditional basic income to all its members. Not just an exercise in political theory, this book reveals a new ideal of a free society and its meaning in the real world by drawing out its policy implications. It is essential reading for anyone concerned about the just society and the welfare state as we move into the twenty-first century. |
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Real Freedom for All: What (if Anything) Can Justify Capitalism? Oxford political theory Oxford scholarship online |
| Autore | Philippe van Parijs |
| Edizione | illustrata |
| Editore | Clarendon Press, 1995 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 13 ott 2008 |
| ISBN | 0198279051, 9780198279051 |
| Lunghezza | 330 pagine |
| Esporta citazione | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |