This book develops John Rawls’s theory of justice by adding reality-based analyses. This is accomplished by answering the question of who makes rules and how, and by providing new answers to three of today’s most practical and critical issues. The question of who and how makes rules is...

Introduction -- Part I - The Dual Argument (1920 - 1947): The Socialist Calculation Debates -- The Lippmann Colloquium -- The Economic Consequences -- Part II - The First Meeting (1947): An Army of Fighters for Freedom -- Using the State -- A New Europe -- The Second Week -- Conclusions: What Is...

Chapter 1. Four Concepts of Rules: A Theory of Rule Egalitarianism -- Chapter 2. Can I Have Four Strikes? On Pareto Superiority and Social Justice -- Chapter 3. No Malibu Surfer Left Behind: Three Tales About Coercion -- Chapter 4. The Fictitious Liberal Divide: Economic Rights Are Not Basic --...