This paper is based on the hypothesis that to feel individually and collectively respected is vital to private and public happiness because, as well as the sensation of comfort that it produces, respect creates a favorable context both for the acquisition of capabilities and for the opportunity...

"Manuel Feliú provides detailed arguments in favor of the role of private incentives, private ownership of means of production, and competitive markets as basic means of achieving both growth and equity"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57