Haves and have-nots: A theory of economic sufficientarianism

CP Chambers, S Ye - Journal of Economic Theory, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we introduce a generalization of the concept of sufficientarianism, extending it
to assess allocations across multiple consumption goods. For a fixed society of agents,
sufficientarianism posits that allocations are compared according to the number of
individuals whose consumption is considered to be sufficient. Central to our discussion is a
newly introduced ethical principle of 'sufficientrarian judgment.'This principle asserts that if
starting from an allocation in which all agents have identical consumption and a change in …
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