Table of Contents

List of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceCh. 1The Implicit Economic Ethic in the Market Economy3Ch. 2Theories of Social Equity: Egoistically Oriented Theories29Ch. 3Theories of Social Equity: Socially Oriented Theories59Ch. 4A Framework for Judgment96Ch. 5A Critique of the Egoistically Oriented Theories114Ch. 6A Critique of the Socially Oriented Theories144Ch. 7The Bases for Economic Justice in America: Philosophy, Rights and Obligations, and Policy177Ch. 8Measuring Inequality: A Menu of Problems and Choices209Ch. 9The Distribution of Income in the United States in the Postwar Period234Ch. 10The Feasibility of Redistributive Programs under the Dualistic Individualism Theory of Economic Equity311Ch. 11The Longer-Term Implications of Dualistic Individualism336Ch. 12Compassionate Capitalism383Notes405Index427