Is there an economic cost to injustice? Does economic opportunity contribute to social justice? In this episode of our social justice series, Professor Steven Ramirez of Loyola University Chicago School of Law explains that social justice does not have to mean radical redistribution; it can mean a society that enables equal access to economic opportunities for every person.

As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

Learn more about Steven A. Ramirez:
https://www.luc.edu/law/stories/faculty-profiles/stevenaramirez/

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Related links:

Professor Steven Ramirez’s SSRN page
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=55831

Justice versus Social Justice
https://fedsoc.org/events/justice-versus-social-justice

Social justice -- is it still relevant in the 21st century?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtroop739uU

Differing views:

Is Social Justice Just? Why Income Inequality is Just
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhYTUMzbbxQ

What is Social Justice?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtBvQj2k6xo

Corporate Responsibility: Maximizing Shareholder Benefit v. Social Justice
https://fedsoc.org/conferences/seventh-annual-executive-branch-review-conference?#agenda-item-corporate-responsibility-maximizing-shareholder-benefit-v-social-justice

New Book Sparks Debate About Social Justice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YquKNRv1nU4

Social Justice: Not What You Think It Is
https://www.heritage.org/poverty-and-inequality/report/social-justice-not-what-you-think-it