The Production of Equality: Towards a Theory and Empirical Grounding

January 1, 2026Open Access

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This research aims to establish a theory and empirical framework for understanding egalitarian public production.
Applied analysis of social forms to develop a theory of state-funded activities.
Operationalized concepts using Eurostat COFOG data across 30 European countries from 1995 to 2023.
Investigated historical instances of selective egalitarian public production from antiquity to medieval societies.
Identified high variability in national egalitarian production trajectories across Europe.
Established that volume of egalitarian public goods alone does not measure system egalitarianism effectively.
Demonstrated that implementation mechanisms and structural inequalities heavily influence egalitarian capacities.

Theoretical analysis reveals limitations of traditional economic concepts in evaluating egalitarian public production systems.

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Toni Prug (2026) studied this question.

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