Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures xi
4. Tables xv
5. Preface xxi
6. Part I. American Conceptions of Economic Justice
7. CHAPTER 1. The Implicit Economic Ethic in the Market Economy 3
8. PART II. Theoretical Bases for Economic Justice
9. CHAPTER 2. Theories of Social Equity: Egoistically Oriented Theories 29
10. CHAPTER 3. Theories of Social Equity: Socially Oriented Theories 59
11. CHAPTER 4. A Framework for Judgment 96
12. CHAPTER 5. A Critique of the Egoistically Oriented Theories 114
13. CHAPTER 6. A Critique of the Socially Oriented Theories 144
14. CHAPTER 7. The Bases for EconomicJustice in America: Philosophy, Rights and Obligations, and Policy 177
15. PART III. The Patterns of Income Distribution in the United States
16. CHAPTER 8. Measuring Inequality: A Menu of Problems and Choices 209
17. CHAPTER 9. The Distribution of Income in the United States in the Postwar Period 234
18. CHAPTER 10. The Feasibility of Redistributive Programs under the Dualistic Individualism Theory of Economic Equity 311
19. CHAPTER 11. The Longer-Term Implications of Dualistic Individualism 336
20. PART IV. Reprise and Prospect
21. CHAPTER 12. Compassionate Capitalism 383
22. NOTES 405
23. INDEX 427