The Difference Principle, Rising Inequality, and Supply-Side Economics: How Rawls Got Hijacked by the Right

Abstract Rawls intended the difference principle to be a liberal egalitarian principle of justice. By that I mean he intended it to provide a moral justification for a moderate amount of redistribution of income from the most advantaged members of society to the least. But since the difference principle was introduced, economic inequality has increased … Continue reading The Difference Principle, Rising Inequality, and Supply-Side Economics: How Rawls Got Hijacked by the Right