Barrera, Albino.

Globalization and economic ethics : distributive justice in the knowledge economy / Albino Barrera. - New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. - xv, 286 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overlapping questions: globalization and distributive justice -- The knowledge economy. Microelectronics and market efficiency -- Requisite agility -- Efficiency as a criterion of distributive justice. Efficiency matters even more in the information age : considering the allocative dimension of price -- Preconditions and limitations of efficiency : considering the distributive dimension of price -- Need as a criterion of distributive justice. Need satisfaction as a necessary condition of efficiency -- Broader base for market initiative, creativity, and stability -- Entitlement as a criterion of distributive justice. Ownership externalities -- Summary and conclusions : distributive justice in the knowledge economy.

0230600891 (alk. paper)

2007-007681


Distributive justice.
Economic development--Social aspects.
Economics--Philosophy.
Information society--Economic aspects.
International economic integration--Social aspects.

HB523 / .B365 2007

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