Human Rights and Economic Inequalities

Introduction Gillian MacNaughton, Diane F. Frey and Catherine Porter; Part I. Conceptualizing and Measuring Human Rights and Economic Inequalities: 1. Emerging human rights norms and standards on vertical inequalities Gillian MacNaughton; 2. Constraints on economic inequality: comparing Canada and the United States Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann; 3. What the UN human rights treaty bodies tell us about economic inequalities and human rights: an empirical analysis of 20 years of practice Sylvain Aubry, Katherine James, Lucy McKernan, Beth Munro and Caroline Noyrez; 4. How can economists help human rights practitioners measure changes in economic inequalities? Catherine Porter; Part II. Causes and Consequences of Economic Inequalities: 5. A framework for fiscal justice: how human rights can change public finance Anja Rudiger; 6. Global tax justice and human rights Alex Cobham, Fariya Mohiuddin and Liz Nelson; 7. Growing inequality and risks to social rights in our new data economy Carmel Williams; 8. Caste, economic inequality and climate justice in India Dadasaheb Tandale; Part III. Socio-Economic Rights and Economic Inequalities: 9. Distributive justice, and economic and social rights Joo-Young Lee; 10. Fair wages and a decent living: paths to greater vertical equality Diane F. Frey and Gillian MacNaughton; 11. The right to social security and economic inequality: contested meanings and potential roles Beth Goldblatt; 12. Education, income inequality and the right to participate in cultural life James Murphy; 13. Implications of the health equity perspective for the right to health Chuan-Feng Wu; 14. The potential impact of the right to housing to address vertical inequalities Vicente Silva.