PREFACE
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER THE ELEMENTS AND SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM
CHAPTER I THE LANDOWNER'S SHARE OF THE NATIONAL PRODUCT
CHAPTER II LANDOWNERSHIP IN HISTORY
CHAPTER III THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST PRIVATE LANDOWNERSHIP
CHAPTER IV PRIVATE OWNERSHIP THE BEST SYSTEM OF LAND TENURE
CHAPTER V PRIVATE LANDOWNERSHIP A NATURAL RIGHT
CHAPTER VI LIMITATIONS ON THE LANDOWNER'S RIGHT TO RENT
CHAPTER VII DEFECTS OF THE EXISTING LAND SYSTEM
CHAPTER VIII METHODS OF REFORMING OUR LAND SYSTEM
CHAPTER IX THE NATURE AND THE RATE OF INTEREST
CHAPTER X THE ALLEGED RIGHT OF LABOUR TO THE ENTIRE PRODUCT OF INDUSTRY
CHAPTER XI THE SOCIALIST SCHEME OF INDUSTRY
CHAPTER XII ALLEGED INTRINSIC JUSTIFICATIONS OF INTEREST
CHAPTER XIII SOCIAL AND PRESUMPTIVE JUSTIFICATIONS OF INTEREST
CHAPTER XIV CO-OPERATION AS A PARTIAL SOLVENT OF CAPITALISM
CHAPTER XV THE NATURE OF PROFITS
CHAPTER XVI THE PRINCIPAL CANONS OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
CHAPTER XVII JUST PROFITS IN CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION
CHAPTER XVIII THE MORAL ASPECT OF MONOPOLY
CHAPTER XIX THE MORAL ASPECT OF STOCK WATERING
CHAPTER XX THE LEGAL LIMITATION OF FORTUNES
CHAPTER XXI THE DUTY OF DISTRIBUTING SUPERFLUOUS WEALTH
CHAPTER XXII SOME UNACCEPTABLE THEORIES OF WAGE-JUSTICE
CHAPTER XXIII THE MINIMUM OF JUSTICE: A LIVING WAGE
CHAPTER XXIV THE PROBLEM OF COMPLETE WAGE JUSTICE
CHAPTER XXV METHODS OF INCREASING WAGES
CHAPTER XXVI SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
INDEX
Title: Distributive Justice
The Right and Wrong of Our Present Distribution of Wealth
Author: John A. (John Augustine) Ryan
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DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
The Right and Wrong of Our
Present Distribution of Wealth
BY
JOHN A. RYAN, D.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science at the
Catholic University of America; Professor of
Economics at Trinity College; Author of
"A Living Wage," "Alleged Socialism of the
Church Fathers," Joint Author with Morris
Hillquit of "Socialism: Promise or Menace?"
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