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Richard Arneson: Should we reward the deserving? Some puzzles

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Richard Arneson is a political philosopher with a special interest in theories of social justice.  AbstractDo plausible fundamental principles of justice incorporate the idea of rewarding the deserving?

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Household-distributed national accounts: New perspectives on the distribution of income and wealth in Sweden, 1930-2020

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