Social Inequality, Analytical Egalitarianism, and the March Towards Eugenic Explanations in the Social SciencesISBN: 978-1-4051-9124-1
Paperback
300 pages
September 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Contains several essays by historians of economics who express
varying reactions to the thesis expressed in Professors Sandra J.
Peart’s and David M. Levy’s book The ‘Vanity
of the Philosopher’ : From Equality to Hierarchy in
Post-classical Economics.
- Explains the importance of “analytic
egalitarianism” in economics and the sad consequences of
moving away from this approach.
- Provides reading that can complement reading lists in economics, the mathematics of gambling and the political economy of the gaming industry.