--- "Ole J. Rogeberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The question, as I see it, is whether we wish to defend the de facto > differences in 'welfare' that we see around us as morally right, and if > so, on what basis. > One could argue, as Charles Murray has done, that > incentives are required for society to function, even if no > individual "deserves" to be better off than any other in some > metaphysical sense.
Compared to the status quo, the economies of all countries can be made both more equal and more efficient, so the fact that incentives are desirable does not imply any necessary trade-off between productivity and a more equal distribution of income relative to today's economies. Fred Foldvary ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED]
