This book develops John Rawls’s theory of justice by adding reality-based analyses. This is accomplished by answering the question of who makes rules and how, and by providing new answers to three of today’s most practical and critical issues. The question of who and how makes rules is...

Vorwort -- Karl Marx’ Religionskritik: Religion als Seufzer der bedrängten Kreatur und Opium der Volks -- War Karl Marx ein politischer Denker? -- Hat nur Marx einen Bart oder auch seine Philosophie? -- Karl Marx’/Friedrich Engels’ Kritik am dialogischen Kommunismus Ludwig...

1. Introduction -- 2. Rationality as reasonableness: probability -- 3. Complexity and incommensurability: multidimensional, heterogeneous and interdependent magnitudes -- 4. The methodology of critique: probability and classical economic theory -- 5. Uncertainty as Greek tragedy’s legacy -- 6....

Chapter 1: The Intrinsic Bane of Inequality -- Chapter 2: The Instrumental Harms of Inequality -- Chapter 3: Distributive Justice and Utilitarianism -- Chapter 4: Distributive Justice and Welfare Economics -- Chapter 5: More on Distributive Justice and Welfare Economics -- Chapter 6: On the...

Perspectives for a Theory of Need-based Distributive Justice -- Need-based Justice from the Perspective of Philosophy -- Identifying Needs: The Psychological Perspective -- Need-based Justice: A Sociological Perspective -- Collective Decisions on Need-based Distribution: A Political Science --...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Before Capitalism -- Chapter 3. The Protestant Reformation and the Rise of “Economic Man” -- Chapter 4. The Age of Enlightenment: 1585-1789 -- Chapter 5. Money as Wealth -- Chapter 6. Money as a Medium of Exchange -- Chapter 7. Credit and Banking --...

Einleitung -- Prinzipien des Marktes -- Prinzipien der Wirtschaftsordnung -- Prinzipien staatlicher Intervention -- Prinzipien des Wohlstands -- Prinzipien ökonomischer Theorie und Forschung -- Perspektiven ökonomischer Praxis.

1. Epistemology and Methodology -- 2. Microeconomics -- 3. Labor Economics -- 4. Macroeconomics -- 5. International Economics -- 6. Political Philosophy -- 7. Law -- 8. Public Policy -- 9. Final Thoughts.

Commentary by Benjamin Netanyahu -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Why Judea is Jewish -- Chapter 2. Zionism -- Chapter 3. The Palestinian Fiction Factory and the Historical Record -- Chapter 4. Peace Process ≠ Peace -- Chapter 5. The True Nature of Anti-Zionism and the BDS Movement -- Chapter 6....

How should a free society protect privacy? Dramatic changes in national security law and surveillance, as well as technological changes from social media to smart cities mean that our ideas about privacy and its protection are being challenged like never before. In this interdisciplinary book,...