John Roemer challenges the morality of an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production. Unless you start with a certain amount of wealth in such a society, you are only "free to lose." This book addresses crucial questions of political philosophy and normative economics in terms understandable by readers with a minimal knowledge of economics.

John Roemer is Elizabeth S. and A. Varick Stout Professor of Political Science and Economics, Yale University.

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