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Neo-republicanism and the civic economy

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  • Richard Dagger

    (Arizona State University, USA, rdagger@asu.edu)

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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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  • Richard Dagger, 2006. "Neo-republicanism and the civic economy," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 5(2), pages 151-173, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pophec:v:5:y:2006:i:2:p:151-173
    DOI: 10.1177/1470594X06064219
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    Cited by:

    1. Jukka Mäkinen & Eero Kasanen, 2016. "Boundaries Between Business and Politics: A Study on the Division of Moral Labor," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 134(1), pages 103-116, March.
    2. Corneo, Giacomo, 2015. "Inequality, Public Wealth, and the Federal Shareholder," CEPR Discussion Papers 10920, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    3. Pasi Heikkurinen & Jukka Mäkinen, 2018. "Synthesising Corporate Responsibility on Organisational and Societal Levels of Analysis: An Integrative Perspective," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 149(3), pages 589-607, May.

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