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In this concise and elegant work, first published in 1952, Bertrand de Jouvenel purposely ignores the economic evidence that redistributional efforts sap incentives and are economically destructive. Rather, he stresses the commonly disregarded ethical arguments showing that redistribution is ethically indefensible for, and practically unworkable in a complex society.Jouvenel, Bertrand de is the author of 'Ethics of Redistribution' with ISBN 9780865970854 and ISBN 0865970858.
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