Justice and Equity

Justice and Equity is a major work on the foundations of normativeeconomics. The principles established by Kolm have formed the basis of the majorlines of study in the field. The central principles are the ideal equalities infreedom (related to non-envy) and in happiness (approximated by the efficientleximin in fundamental utility). Kolm also presents related principles such asfundamental dominance and majorities, realistic equity, and adequacies. He analyzesthoroughly the reasons, properties, and consequences of these principles. A forewordfor the English-language edition presents the rational necessity of equality and thetheory of interpersonal comparisons.