All Outputs (2)

Punishment, Compensation, and Law: A Theory of Enforceability (2005)
Book
Reiff, M. (2005). Punishment, Compensation, and Law: A Theory of Enforceability. Cambridge University Press

This book is the first comprehensive study of the meaning and measure of enforceability. While we have long debated what restraints should govern the conduct of our social life, we have paid relatively little attention to the question of what it mean... Read More about Punishment, Compensation, and Law: A Theory of Enforceability.

The Politics of Masochism (2003)
Journal Article
Reiff, M. (2003). The Politics of Masochism. Inquiry, 46(1), 29-63. https://doi.org/10.1080/00201740304525

This essay explores why people sometimes act against their economic interests, and, more particularly, why people sometimes knowingly and intentionally support economic inequality even though they are disadvantaged by it, a phenomenon I call masochis... Read More about The Politics of Masochism.