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2 reviews
John E. Roemer

Harvard University Press, 1994

Bold, but is is possible?
The aim of John Roemer's book is to "sketch blueprints for a feasible socialism, to provide a basis, once again, for daring to believe in the dream" (p. 124). Socialism - the dream - is here defined in terms of equality of opportunities, not outcome. The question is then how he wants to do this. Roemer has two proposals. First, to change the structure of ownership in firms. Second, to increase ...

Analytical Foundations of Marxian Economic Theory

1 review
John E. Roemer

Cambridge University Press, 1981

A must-have, best with books taking different positions
The book collects Roemer's early papers about Marxian Economic Theory. Roemer presents and extends the famous results by Morishima and Okishio, and adds his own insights on the theory of class and exploitation. Following Steedman, Roemer discredits the labor theory of value as unnecessary to account for exploitation. The analytical rigor in treating the subject is among the things that make the ...

Equal Shares: Making Market Socialism Work (Practical Utopias)

1 review
John E. Roemer

Verso, 1996

intellectually and societally challenging
This book requires true open-mindedness and personal questioning. If one ponders with reasonable sincerity about the growing poverty and the increasing gap between the rich and the poor, considering solutions - as opposed to socio-economic band-aids, perhaps this approach might be taken more seriously... albeit impractical for the capitalist societies. It should be more broadly read and debated ...

Equality of Opportunity

1 review
John E. Roemer

Harvard University Press, 1998

Superb
This is a brilliant, thoughtful and concise explanation of the equality of opportunity concept that blends ideas from economics and philosophy to provide deep insights into the theoretical and practical implications of equalizing opportunity. It will become the benchmark on the topic for many years to come.

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2 reviews
John E. Roemer

Radius, 1988

Roemer light
John Roemer is an economist who has put some work into translating some ideas of Marx into the language of mainstream economics. His writings are generally very technical, which makes them accessible only to a small audience. Here he has written a book that is readable with minimal math (some linear algebra) and is still able to convey some rather deep ideas. The main theme of the book is ...

Interpersonal Comparisons of Well-Being (Studies in Rationality and Social Change)

1 review

Cambridge University Press, 1991

Technical but with interdisciplinary perspectives
The first part of the book has contributions mainly from philophers or with a methological emphasis. The second part is more oriented towards econometrics and formal expositions. Elster's own contribution stands apart, carrying a more empirical content about the way real people implement justice (see his book on "local justice" for more). Make sure you already understand the basics of moral ...

Theories of Distributive Justice

1 review
John E. Roemer

Harvard University Press, 1996

Excelent
This is an excellent book, it introduces the economists in topics that they are usually treated by philosophers and to the philosophers in topics that they are usually treated by economists. With an interesting proposal of the equality of opportunities, it uses the instrumental one intensively mathematical.

Democracy, Education, and Equality: Graz-Schumpeter Lectures (Econometric Society Monographs)
John E. Roemer

Cambridge University Press, 2006

Many believe that equality of opportunity will be achieved when the prospects of children no longer depend upon the wealth and education of their parents. Many also believe that democracy is the political institution that will bring about justice. This study asks whether democracy, modeled as competition between political parties that represent different interests in the polity, will result in educational funding policies that will, at least ...

Defending equality of opportunity (1).: An article from: The Monist
John E. Roemer

Hegeler Institute, 2003

This digital document is an article from The Monist, published by Hegeler Institute on April 1, 2003. The length of the article is 8926 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Defending equality of opportunity (1). Author: John ...