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See other Historical Articles Title: The Impossibility of Equality
Source:
Ludwig Von Mises Institute
URL Source: https://mises.org/wire/impossibility-equality
Published: Mar 3, 2023
Author: Murray Rothbard
Post Date: 2023-03-03 02:20:27 by Charles_Byrd
Keywords: None
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Probably the most common ethical criticism of the market economy is that it fails to achieve the goal of equality. Equality has been championed on various “economic” grounds, such as minimum social sacrifice or the diminishing marginal utility of money (see the chapter on taxation above). But in recent years economists have recognized that they cannot justify egalitarianism by economics, that they ultimately need an ethical basis for equality. Click for Full Text! Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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