Markets Are Political

Markets raise philosophical questions, not just economic ones.

When Economics Had Ethics

Remembering Kenneth Arrow

Debra Satz responds to Danielle Allen

Danielle Allen asks education to do heavier lifting than it can.

Satz Response to Lure of Luxury

A good’s meaning and price do not usually travel together.

Why Pakistan Chose Coal: Ethics in an Energy Crisis

 Ethicists, economists, and others have developed a set of useful tools for deciding what to do when economic, environmental, and social values conflict. 

Occupy the Future

A Boston Review Book

The Egalitarian Intuition

Debating the place of the market should be about inequality, not goods.

Ethics and Inequality

Ethics and Inequality

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