Here’s an old paper for you.
This stuff comes up for discussion at the dinner table sometimes.
In part disucsses Musgrave v. Rawls.
Robert likes this Musgrave quote.
“Implementation of maximin thus leads to a redistributive system that, among individuals with equal earnings ability, favors those with a high preference for leisure. It is to the advantage of recluses, saints, and (nonconsulting) scholars who earn but little and hence will not have to contribute greatly to redistribution” (Richard A. Musgrave, “Maximin, Uncertainty, and the Leisure Trade- off,” Quarterly Journal of Economics 88 [19741: 632).
Translation: Imposing a universal basic income will make the beaches gnarly packed. Dude.