In an era of globalization, issues of language diversity have economic and political implications. Transnational labor … competitiveness all have a linguistic dimension; yet economists in general do not include language as a variable in their research …. This volume demonstrates that the application of rigorous economic theories and research methods to issues of language …

individuals speaking their native language. There is also a world language so that every individual is faced with four learning … choices: to study the other local language only, to study the world language only, to study both, and to refrain from studying … either language. We examine the Nash equilibiria of that game determined by communicative benefits (Selten & Pool), and …

of justice. I will defend a political conception of justice, although I suggest some revisions. A political conception of … justice presupposes dualism, namely a separation between the principles of justice guiding the design of institutions and the … shifts from a dualistic account of justice to a monistic account when it comes to the problem of world poverty; therefore …

, a policy that undercuts such equality might not be justified. The state thus faces a dilemma: taking into account the …

In The Law of Peoples (hereafter LP), John Rawls does not discuss justice and the global economy at great length or in … regarding global economic justice is both inconsistent with and a betrayal of his own liberal egalitarian commitments, an … international economic justice is richer, more nuanced, and generally more compelling than his critics have been willing to …