Neo-republicanism and the civic economy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7354366
AutoresRichard Dagger (Arizona State University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2006
Volumen5
Número2
Páginas151-173
Fecha de publicación2006-05-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolitics Philosophy & Economics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1470-594X • E-ISSN: 1741-3060
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1470594x06064219
OpenAlexW2061256803
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas70

It is clear that a revival of republicanism is under way, but it is not clear that the republican tradition truly speaks to contemporary concerns. In particular, it is not clear that republicanism has anything of value to say about economic matters in the early 21st century. I respond to this worry by delineating the main features of a neo-republican civic economy that is, I argue, reasonably coherent and attractive. Such an economy will preserve the market, while constraining it to serve public purposes, and promote what John Rawls calls a ‘property-owning democracy’. To accomplish these ends, a civic economy is likely to concern itself with the character of work and the workplace, to take steps to preserve and protect the sense of community or publicity, to levy an inheritance tax and a progressive consumption tax, and to provide some kind of ‘social’ or ‘civic’ minimum of support to all citizens

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