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Tackling War-Time Injustices: Ideas of Justice in the Writings of British Economists during the First World War

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This essay explores the views of three British economics - Arthur Pigou, Edwin Cannan, and J. A. Hobson - in relation to the ethical appropriateness of different aspects of policies and actions in Britain during the First World War. The focus of the piece is on three themes: (1) the importance of tackling distributive injustices associated with Britain’s war finance policies, (2) working-class perceptions of injustice as a social-psychological force capable of generating industrial discontent, and (3) political injustices associated with the war-time suppression of legal rights and individual liberties.

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  • Christopher Godden, 2016. "Tackling War-Time Injustices: Ideas of Justice in the Writings of British Economists during the First World War," Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, vol. 136(4), pages 401-415.
    • Handle: RePEc:dah:aeqsjb:v136_y2016_i4_q4_p401-415
    DOI: 10.3790/schm.136.4.401
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