TAILIEUCHUNG - Economics and Liberating Theory - Part 2

2 What Should We Demand from Our Economy? It is easy enough to say we want an economy that distributes the burdens and benefits of social labor fairly, that allows people to make the decisions that affect their economic lives, that develops human potentials for creativity, cooperation and empathy, and that utilizes human and natural resources efficiently. | 2 What Should We Demand from Our Economy It is easy enough to say we want an economy that distributes the burdens and benefits of social labor fairly that allows people to make the decisions that affect their economic lives that develops human potentials for creativity cooperation and em p .ith y and that wtiilecs human and natural resou rcv-s efficiently. It is a Iso easy to say we want sustainable development. But what does all this mean more precisely ECONOMIC JUSTICE Is it necessarily unfair when some work less or consume more than others Do those with more productive property deserve to work less or consume more Do those who are more talented or more educated deserve more Do those who contribute more or those who make greater sacrifices or those who have greater needs deserve more By what logic are some unequal outcomes fair and others not Equity takes a back seat to efficiency for most mainstream economists while the issue of economic justice has long been a passion of political economists. From Proudhon s provocative quip that property is theft to Marx s three volume indictment of capitalism as a system based on the exploitation of labor economic justice and injustice has been a major theme in political economy. After briefly reviewing evidence of rising economic inequality within the United States and globally we compare conservative liberal and radical views of economic justice and explain why political economists condemn most of today s growing inequalities as escalating economic injustice. Increasing inequality of wealth and income As we begin the twenty-first century escalating economic inequality makes all other economic changes pale in comparison. The evidence 20 What Should We Demand from Our Economy 21 of increasing wealth and income inequality is overwhelming. In a study published in 1995 by the Twentieth Century Fund Edward Wolff concludes Many people are aware that income inequality has increased over the past twenty years. Upper-income groups .

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