Als Adam Smith und andere die Theorie freier Märkte entwickelten, war das ein progressives Projekt: Die Freiheit der Märkte sollte auch zur Befreiung der Lohnabhängigen führen - von den Zwängen obrigkeitsstaatlicher Strukturen, vor allem aber von der Gängelung durch die Arbeitgeber. In...

Based on two lectures given in 2014 by the author during the Tanner Lectures on Human Values delivered at Princeton University, followed by four commentaries by eminent scholars and the author's response to the commentators. Anderson questions the authoritarian control workers have been forced...

"Relational egalitarians propose that the ideal of equality is primarily an ideal of social relations. Yet contemporary workplaces are characterized by hierarchical employer-employee relationships. This raises an urgent practical question: are the employment relationship and other workplace...