How to promote thinking on distributive justice? Education at the Kindergarten level is still the most effective way. However, for economists, philosophers, and thinkers who are familiar with the formal arguments, I strongly recommend a course or seminar based on Moulin's superb book.
Ariel Rubinstein, Department of Economics, Princeton University
Herve Moulin is one of the deepest thinkers in welfare economics. His book on fair division is an elegant overview of modern contributions to an ancient problem.
Eric S. Maskin, A.O. Hirschman Professor of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study
Fair Division and Collective Welfare is a distinguished book which furnishes a rigorous exposition of distributive justice with many well-crafted examples. It fills a signifigant gap in the literature of modern microeconomics, and enables students and researchers to unfold the complete picture of the discipline.
Stephen Ching, School of Economics & Finance, University of Hong Kong
Moulin identifies common principles in discussions of social dilemmas across a wide range of problems—taxation, bargaining, voting—and shows how these principles lead to specific solutions. It is historically integrated as well, identifying common themes that range from Aristotle and the Talmud on one hand, to modern thinkers such as Arrow, Aumann, Harsanyi, Nash and Shapley on the other. This is an excellent introduction to distributive justice, social choice, bargaining, fair division and related subjects, but those already working in these fields can also find the broad overview here, wonderfully unfolded.
Ehud Kalai, James J. O'Connor Distinguished Professor of Decision and Game Sciences, Northwestern University
