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Luck greatly influences a person’s quality of life. Yet little of our politics looks at how institutions can amplify good or bad luck that widens social inequality. But societies can change their fortune. Too often debates about inequality focus on the accuracy of data or modelling while missing the greater point about ethics and exploitation. In the wake of growing disparity between the 1% and other classes, this book combines philosophical insights with social theory to offer a much-needed political economy of life chances. Timcke advances new thought on the role luck plays in redistributive justice in 21st century capitalism.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. The Egalitarian Turn in Liberalism 3. Where Liberalism Falls Short 4. The Problem of Contingency 5. Accounting for Uncertain Opportunities 6. A Social Analysis of Institutional Luck 7. Markets are Not Morally Neutral 8. Conclusion: The Tasks of Engaged Liberal Social Theory

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 31 March 2023
      ISBN-13 9781529221756
      978-1529221756
      ISBN-10 1529221757
      Also in:
      Political economy Social discrimination and social justice Social mobility

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Luck greatly influences a person’s quality of life. Yet little of our politics looks at how institutions can amplify good or bad luck that widens social inequality. But societies can change their fortune. Too often debates about inequality focus on the accuracy of data or modelling while missing the greater point about ethics and exploitation. In the wake of growing disparity between the 1% and other classes, this book combines philosophical insights with social theory to offer a much-needed political economy of life chances. Timcke advances new thought on the role luck plays in redistributive justice in 21st century capitalism.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction 2. The Egalitarian Turn in Liberalism 3. Where Liberalism Falls Short 4. The Problem of Contingency 5. Accounting for Uncertain Opportunities 6. A Social Analysis of Institutional Luck 7. Markets are Not Morally Neutral 8. Conclusion: The Tasks of Engaged Liberal Social Theory

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