Matt Lane · Notes← All notes
2025-10-19 · Society & institutions

Simple Difference Principle Examples

Paying doctors more

If higher pay attracts talent and expands clinics in poor areas so the poorest get better care than before, that inequality passes.

If it just boosts doctor income with no improvement for the poorest, it fails.

CEO bonus plan

If bonuses come with raising entry-level wages and training so the poorest workers end up better off, okay.

If bonuses are funded by cutting the lowest wages/benefits so the poorest are worse off, not okay.