Inequality is a major international development challenge. This is so from an ethical
perspective and because greater inequality is perceived to be detrimental to key …

Abstract What does Adam Smith mean by “good government”? How is it related to his
political economy and system of natural liberty? No extensive or specific treatment of these …

Adam Smith was born 300 years ago, in June 1723. The son of a Scottish lawyer and
customs commissioner grew to become a great Enlightenment thinker who gained global …

Abstract This article analyses Adam Smith's and Sophie de Grouchy's accounts of sympathy
to show how they arrive at strikingly different views on whether inequality is a threat to, or …

Zusammenfassung Vor 300 Jahren, im Juni 1723, kam Adam Smith auf die Welt. Aus dem
Sohn eines schottischen Anwalts und Zollkommissars wurde ein großer Aufklärer, der vor …

Cet article propose une lecture croisée de Smith et de Rawls afin mettre en exergue le rôle
fondamental de la sympathie, des sentiments moraux et de l'idée de réciprocité qu'ils …

This chapter provides some reflections about the possible ways to regain the central role of
Labour Law in a future human centred economic system, in front of the new challenges …

The local interclass dynamics of societies have been key factors from which to understand
the social construction of inequalities. However, the inequalities of current societies can no …

I develop a simple Schumpeterian agent-based model where the entry and exit of firms, their
productivity and markup, the birth of new industries and the social structure of the population …

Background: The income inequality (II) hypothesis (IIH) suggests that greater II negatively
affects population health. Scholarly literature on the effects of economic inequality extends …