I've defined what I think is a reasonable definition of the ideal of "fair" in terms of economics:
That economic outcomes are due solely to moral inputs of the individual, and are not due to talents, circumstances of birth or luck.
There are a few pieces of low-hanging fruit here. We can stop children starving on the street, provide a modicum of free education and take care of the severely disabled. The rest of it seems to be prohibitively expensive and/or impossible to even approximate.
That economic outcomes are due solely to moral inputs of the individual, and are not due to talents, circumstances of birth or luck.
There are a few pieces of low-hanging fruit here. We can stop children starving on the street, provide a modicum of free education and take care of the severely disabled. The rest of it seems to be prohibitively expensive and/or impossible to even approximate.
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