DPI-235 Lecture 23: Economic Reparations

Readings:

Ta-Nehisi Coates. “The Case for Reparations,” in The Atlantic (May, 2014) Group 3

Debra Satz. “Countering the Wrongs of the Past: The Role of Reparations,” Chapter 8 of Reparations: Interdisciplinary Inquiries, edited by Jon Miller and Rahul Kumar (Oxford University Press 2007). Group 2

Kok-Chor Tan. “Colonialism, Reparations, and Global Justice,” Chapter 12 of Reparations: Interdisciplinary Inquiries, edited by Jon Miller and Rahul Kumar (Oxford University Press 2007). Group 1

DPI-235 Lecture 22: Ethics of Regulation

Readings:

Loren Lomansky. “Liberty After Lehman Brothers,” in Liberalism and Capitalism: Volume 28, Part 2, Social Philosophy and Policy (Cambridge University Press 2011). Groups 1-2

Jonathan Wolff. “Market Failure, Common Interests, and the Titanic Puzzle,” Chapter 12 of Egalitarianism: New Essays on the Nature and Value of Equality (Oxford University Press, 2007). Group 3

DPI-235 Lecture 21: Health and Economic Inequality

Readings:

Norman Daniels, Bruce Kennedy and Ichiro Kawachi. “Justice is Good For Our Health,” Chapter 1 of Is Inequality Bad For Our Health, edited by Norman Daniels, Bruce Kennedy and Ichiro Kawachi (Beacon Press 2001). Optional

Normal Daniels. “Capabilities, Opportunity, and Health,” Chapter 6 of Measuring Justice: Primary Goods and Capabilities, edited by Harry Brighouse and Ingrid Robeyns (Cambridge University Press 2010). Group 1

Daniel Wikler. “Personal and Social Responsibility for Health,” Chapter 6 of Public Health, Ethics and Equity, edited by Sudhir Anand, Fabienne Peter and Amartya Sen (Oxford University Press 2006). Group 2

Daniel Hausman. “A Lockean Argument for Universal Access to Health Care,” in Liberalism and Capitalism: Volume 28, Part 2, Social Philosophy and Policy (Cambridge University Press 2011). Group 3

Basic Income in Switzerland

Swiss Initiative Would Give $2,800 a Month to Everyone—No Strings Attached

H/t to Carolyn Anderson

Composition of Congress

Half of Congress Members Are Millionaires, Report Says

And more.

Another look. 


H/t to Matthew Gibson

Cost of Senate Elections

Outside Spending Increases the Price of Senate Elections

H/t to Carolyn Anderson

DPI-235 Lecture 20: Redistributive and Socialist Plans

Readings:

Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis. “Efficient Redistribution: New Rules for Markets, States and Communities,” Chapter 1 of Recasting Egalitarianism: New Rules for Communities, States and Markets, edited by Samuel Bowles, Harry Brighouse and Herbet Gintis. (Verso 1999). Groups 2-3

John Roemer. “A Future for Socialism,” Chapter 1 of Equal Shares: Making Market Socialism Work, edited by John Roemer and Erik Olin Wright (Verson 1996). Group 1