A BEJTE Contributions article.

Abstract

Does economic justice stymie economic development? This paper demonstrates that sustainability is compatible with Rawlsian intertemporal justice, even when considering human capital and natural resources. The methodology employed herein extends and amends previous works that (1) do not consider human capital or renewable resources, and (2) rely upon the application of standard Lagrangian methodology to a continuum of nonlinear constraints. This approach circumvents problems associated with earlier works by internalizing constraints and demonstrating two sufficient conditions which guarantee existence of a Rawlsian maximin path.

Submitted: September 22, 2005 · Accepted: May 16, 2006 · Published: September 28, 2006

Originally published in Contributions to Theoretical Economics.

Recommended Citation

Raymond, Francis E. (2006) "Is Sustainable Development Compatible with Rawlsian Justice?," Contributions to Theoretical Economics: Vol. 6 : Iss. 1, Article 6.
Available at: http://www.bepress.com/bejte/contributions/vol6/iss1/art6