Screen LibraryIn defense of openness : why global freedom is the humane solution to global poverty /
"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 liter...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"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 re |
| Carrier Form: | x, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780190462956 0190462957 |
| Index Number: | HF1713 |
| CLC: | F741.2 |
| Call Number: | F741.2/V228 |
| Contents: | Positive-sum global justice -- The moral and economic case for free immigration -- Economic objections to open borders -- Philosophical objections to open borders -- The moral and economic case for free trade -- Philosophers objections to free trade -- In defense of productive human rights -- Correcting the past : imperialism and colonialism -- Improving the present : justice and the global order -- Towards a better future : international aid and global charity -- The climate change objection to economic growth. |