social justice

Book Reviews

Kenneth Arrow, et al.: Meritocracy and Economic Inequality
- race, intelligence, schooling, and equality of opportunity
Anthony B. Atkinson: Inequality: What Can Be Done?
- a pragmatic analysis with practical suggestions
Kevin Bales: Disposable People**
- a passionate but scholarly study of modern slavery
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo: Poor Economics
A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Susan Blackburn: Practical Visionaries
A Study of Community Aid Abroad
Daryl Collins, et al.: Portfolios of the Poor
How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day
Paul Farmer: Infections and Inequalities
The Modern Plagues
Keith Griffin: Poverty Reduction in Mongolia
- analysis based on a 2001 UNDP study
Naomi Klein: No Logo
Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies
Anirudh Krishna: One Illness Away
Why People Become Poor and How they Escape Poverty
Sarah Kenyon Lischer: Dangerous Sanctuaries
Refugee Camps, Civil War, and the Dilemmas of Humanitarian Aid
Debraj Ray: Development Economics
- a textbook survey
Amartya Sen: Development as Freedom*
- broad-ranging popular economics
Amartya Sen: Inequality Reexamined
- equality in political and economic philosophy
Bob Sutcliffe: 100 Ways of Seeing an Unequal World
- graphical presentations of different forms of inequality
Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett: The Spirit Level
Why Equality is Better for Everyone

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