October 2016

Harvard philosopher T. M. Scanlon offers four key reasons why we should fix the problem of Financial Inequality. 1) Economic inequality can give wealthier people an unacceptable degree of control over the lives of others.If wealth is very unevenly distributed in a society, wealthy people often end up in control of many aspects of the lives of poorer citizens: over where and how they can work, what they can buy, and in general what their lives will be like. 2) Economic inequality can undermine the fairness of political institutions.If those who hold political offices must depend on large contributions for […]