ABSTRACT
Economic justice is an increasingly important issue in the United States and abroad for governments, community practitioners, and numerous others concerned with growing global interdependence. Because unequal access to economic resources within many countries participating in the global market economy continues to grow, it is important to discern what policies are essential in promoting economic justice. Yet there is little agreement about what constitutes economic justice and, more importantly, how to attain it. At the heart of this disagreement is whether the global marketplace can meet social needs without creating policies that will restrain economic growth, or whether government intervention is needed to restrain unfettered capitalism that may increase a country’s global competitive edge, but at a cost to economic justice for its citizens. This article analyzes which policies
may help or hinder a country’s advancement toward a more equitable distribution of resources and thus promote greater economic justice. Comparing countries’ attainment of economic justice helps to pinpoint what types of policies have the most impact on issues of equality.
