From a forthcoming article on Leave No-one Behind: 2 cars racing, 1 ahead of the other. Slower car speeds up – that’s poverty reduction. But car in front speeds up faster – that’s widening inequality. Space between the cars grows – that’s being left behind. Poverty≠Inequality
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The question is: does inequality matter per se, or do avoidable harms matter? If the former, then you would want to reduce the inequality even when you cannot reduce harms to the worst off. i.e. you would want to stop gains at the top e.g. curbing my learning, or dina's meds.
Right. Its a question. But earlier Jonathan you seemed to be saying that even asking the question was going against "LNB"?
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Yes I think I was reading LNB to narrowly. I think your reading is a fair one, although I am suggesting pushing boundaries on it. Cf car analogy. You can reach a target and still be left behind if others progress faster.
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