Compensating for ill luck sounds like a nice idea, doesn't it?

Not only was Sophie Elliot very bright, she had a keen sense of humour:

"We can imagine a situation in which certain members of society get the most pleasure from a pastime the state considers indecent, say, writing economics essays. In order to equalize the welfare of these people, should the social decision maker require some of them to increase this activity, even though society on average disapproves of it?"

From the paper, 'Why Measure Inequality? A discussion of the concept of equality' by Sophie Elliott, University of Otago, New Zealand

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