Fairness...................................................

 "Appealing to fairness is a strategy for bargaining over the division of the surplus, not a way of determining in advance the "correct" division. Our discourse would be a lot less confused if everyone grasped this. "

So opines Will Wilkinson in this Economist essay.  While I like the quote and the essay, it is merely an excuse to use this cartoon, which I really like, again.

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