In Defense of Openness
Subtitle: Why Global Freedom Is the Humane Solution to Global Poverty
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Sep 04, 2018
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780190462956
Description: "The topic of global justice has long been a central concern within political philosophy and political theory, and there is no doubt that it will remain significant given the persistence of poverty on a massive scale and soaring global inequality. Yet, virtually every analysis in the vast literature of the subject seems ignorant of what developmental economists, both left and right, have to say about the issue. In Defense of Openness illuminates the problem by stressing that that there is overwhelming evidence that economic rights and freedom are necessary for development, and that global redistribution tends to hurt more than it helps. Bas van der Vossen and Jason Brennan instead ask what a theory of global justice would look like if it were informed by the facts that mainstream development and institutional economics have brought to light." -- Publisher's description
Notes: Source title: In Defense of Openness: Why Global Freedom Is the Humane Solution to Global Poverty