O (nie)sprawiedliwych nierównościach ekonomicznych
On (Un)just Economic Inequalities

Summary/Abstract: Some economists are committed to the idea that we as a society are not responsible for the economic inequalities that result from countless independent market decisions madeby autonomous self-interested individuals. Economists are also attached to the conceptof the market as a mechanism that rewards the talented and hard-working. As the studyshows, these two views on the effects of our market activity raise substantial ethicalobjections. A society with a legislative will is responsible for inequalities. The conceptof rewarding talent and effort leads to unjust economic inequality. The myth of meritocracy,which functions in society, brings with it the erosion of community, the degradationof the common good, and the sense of responsibility for others, particularly for losers,while reinforcing economic inequalities.

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