The Ethics of Redistribution - Hardcover

Jouvenel, Bertrand De

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 086597084X ISBN 13: 9780865970847

Publisher: Liberty Fund, Inc., 1990

Synopsis

In this concise and elegant work, first published in 1952, Bertrand de Jouvenel purposely ignores the economic evidence that redistributional efforts sap incentives and are economically destructive. Rather, he stresses the commonly disregarded ethical arguments showing that redistribution is ethically indefensible for, and practically unworkable in, a complex society.

Bertrand de Jouvenel was an author and teacher, first publishing On Power in 1945.

John Gray is Professor Emeritus of European Thought at the London School of Economics.

About this title

About the Author:

Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903-1987) was a French philosopher, political economist, and futurist known for his many works in political philosophy. He taught at many universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, and the University of California. Unlike many other French intellectuals at the time, de Jouvenel acknowledged the early twentieth-century movement of economic theory and welfare economics that emerged in the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, and Austria. His many books include The Pure Theory of Politicsand The Ethics of Redistribution.

John Gray has taught the Alexander Technique for more than twenty years. He lives in England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liberty Fund, Inc.
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 086597084X
• ISBN 13: 9780865970847
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 118