"Providing a thorough examination of distributive justice, Distributive Justice and Taxation presents and discusses different theories of what constitutes a just society, and how goods should be distributed in such a society. The distribution of goods in society has direct and serious...

Acknowledgments -- Abstract -- Introduction: income inequality, labour market and uneven development during financial capitalism -- Definitions, approaches and origins of income inequality -- Theories, methods and varieties of inequality -- The determinants of income inequality in rich countries...

1. Moral rhetoric and political economy -- 2. Sympathy and justice in Theory of moral sentiments -- 3. Sympathy and moral horizons in Wealth of nations -- 4. The subordination of distributive justice in Milton Friedman's Capitalism and freedom -- 5. The materialization of distributive justice --...

1. Introduction -- 2. People make their choices -- 3. Opportunity matters -- 4. Opportunity matters : more yet -- 5. How power works -- 6. Capitalism : "classical" class -- 7. Realities of class today -- 8. Running the system : business power and political power -- 9. Cultural power -- 10....