Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Terenzio Maccabelli
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Author-Workplace-Name: Universitą degli Studi di Brescia - Dipartimento di Studi Sociali
Title: Luigi Einaudi e l'uguaglianza dei punti di partenza 
(Luigi Einaudi and the starting-gate theory)
Abstract: Starting-gate theory is an economic and social ideal that requires equal initial resources. It is not an
ex-post distributive frame but an ex-ante condition: it implies only that people be provided with equal
opportunities, leaving to the market the task of governing the final distribution. The paper examines
the social philosophy of Luigi Einaudi, by focusing upon his conceptions of the starting-gate theory
and the role of death duties as a means to reconcile equity with efficiency
Classification-JEL: B31, B51, H21, H24, H63
Keywords: Luigi Einaudi; equal opportunities; inheritance tax debates; social philosophy (Luigi Einaudi; uguaglianza di opportunitą; dibattito su imposte di successione; filosofia
sociale) 
Journal: Il Pensiero Economico Italiano
Pages: 171-188
Volume: 20
Issue: 1
Year: 2012
File-URL: http://www.libraweb.net/articoli.php?chiave=201206301&rivista=63
Handle: RePEc:pei:journl:v:20:y:2012:1:10:p:171-188