Download or read book Globalization and Economic Ethics written by A. Barrera and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-12-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the appropriate criterion to use for distributive justice? Is it efficiency, need, contribution, entitlement, equality, effort, or ability? This book maintains that far from being rival principles of distributive justice, efficiency and need satisfaction are, in fact, complementary norms in our emerging knowledge economy.