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- March 2016
Government Policy and Distributive Justice
Abstract
This note introduces the second of two main modules in the HBS elective curriculum course, The Role of Government in Market Economies (RoGME). This module is focused on policies, such as taxes, that change the distribution of economic outcomes. Like the efficiency-enhancing policies of the first module, these distribution-enhancing policies generate fierce debate. A central goal of class discussions in this module is to have students identify, understand, and engage with the sources of these controversies. Consistent with the core lesson of the overall course, a key source often turns out to be fundamental disagreement over what society ought to use government to achieve.
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Citation
Weinzierl, Matthew. "Government Policy and Distributive Justice." Harvard Business School Module Note 716-072, March 2016.