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There may be a sense in which inefficient use of resources is unfair; there is no other sense in which one can know what is unfair. It might be revealed to you what is fair and unfair; an angel of the Lord may wrestle with you in the night; he may reveal to you what are human rights.
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Cf. M. L. Burstein, Economic Theory: Equilibrium and Change (London: John Wiley Sc Sons; 1968), chs. 1 and 10.
Cf. Michael Jefferson’s contribution to Allingham and Burstein (eds.), Resource Allocation and Economic Policy ( London: Macmillan; 1996 ).
Cf. George J. Stigler, The Theory of Price ( New York: Macmillan; 1966 ).
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Burstein, M.L. (1978). Fairness. In: New Directions in Economic Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03616-5_8
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