Peter Dietsch
- Professeur associé
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Faculté des arts et des sciences - Département de philosophie
- Chercheur
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Faculté des arts et des sciences - Centre d'études et de recherches internationales
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Biography
Peter Dietsch is a philosopher and economist, and a associate professor in the Département de Philosophie at Université de Montréal. His research focuses on issues of economic ethics, notably on tax justice, normative dimensions of monetary policy, and on income inequalities. In addition to numerous articles in academic journals as well as public media, Dietsch is the author of Catching Capital – The Ethics of Tax Competition(Oxford University Press, 2015), co-author of Do Central Banks Serve the People? (Polity Press, 2018), and co-editor of Global Tax Governance – What is Wrong with It and How to Fix It (ECPR Press, 2016). In 2017, Dietsch was nominated to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada.
Affiliations
- Membre – CRÉ — Centre de recherche en éthique
Areas of Expertise
- Economic and social ethics
- Philosophy of economics
- Political philosophy
- Theory of justice
- Fiscal justice
My main research interests converge on questions of distribution in economic and social ethics and are organized around 2 themes. The 1st lies at the heart of the literature on theories of justice. Here I am working on the question of how the co-operative surplus is distributed among different contributors to the production process. I am also seeking answers to questions in the contemporary debate on liberal egalitarianism, such as the moral justification of the influence of talents or certain systemic factors on the well-being of members of society.
The 2nd research theme has to do with questions of a more applied nature. Although distributive justice is linked in many ways with economic issues and their institutionalization, this link is often neglected in contemporary political philosophy. A good example is the tax system. Although theories of distributive justice regularly call on the tax system as a tool for redistribution, they rarely analyze the operation of this system and the implications of its operation on distributive justice itself. In this context, I am currently working on a normative evaluation of the phenomenon of tax competition, i.e. competition among jurisdictions to attract outside capital.
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Cycle : Master's
Grade : M.A.
Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : Ph. D.
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Centre de Recherche en Éthique ( CRÉ ) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2020 - 2028
Centre de Recherche en Éthique ( CRÉ ) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2020 - 2028
Religious associations in a democratic society: The legal status of churches, para-church organizations, and religious enterprises Projet de recherche au Canada / 2020 - 2023
Les frontières de la politique et de la normativité Projet de recherche au Canada / 2018 - 2023
Just income - towards an economic theory of distributive justice - towards an economic theory of distributive justice Projet de recherche au Canada / 2017 - 2023
ATRAPP - Algal Blooms, Treatment, Risk Assessment, Prediction and Prevention through Genomics Projet de recherche au Canada / 2016 - 2022
ATRAPP - Algal Blooms, Treatment, Risk Assessment, Prediction and Prevention through Genomics. Projet de recherche au Canada / 2016 - 2022
CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN ETHIQUE (CRE) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2014 - 2021
CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN ETHIQUE (CRE) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2014 - 2020
LES IDEAUX POLITIQUES AU-DELA DE LA RAISON, DE LA JUSTICE, ET DE L'ETAT-NATION Projet de recherche au Canada / 2014 - 2019
NATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY AND ITS INTERNATIONALNORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS Projet de recherche au Canada / 2013 - 2018
LES ATELIERS DE L'ETHIQUE / THE ETHICS FORUM Projet de recherche au Canada / 2011 - 2016
GLOBAL TAX GOVERNANCE - NORMATIVE AND INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES Projet de recherche au Canada / 2013 - 2014
NORMATIVE FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL TAXATION Projet de recherche au Canada / 2011 - 2013
TAX COMPETITION AND DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE: HOW TO MEET THE NORMATIVE AND POLITICAL CHALLENGE Projet de recherche au Canada / 2010 - 2012
CORDÉ, groupe de recherche « Corruption et démocratie » Projet de recherche à l’international
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Books
Do Central Banks Serve the People? (with François Claveau and Clément Fontan) Polity Press, 2018
French translation: Les banques centrales servent-elles nos intérêts? Éditions Raisons d’Agir, 2019
Book reviews of Do Central Banks Serve the People? have been published here:
Media interventions related to Do Central Banks Serve the People?
- “Geldpolitik mit Nebenwirkungen”, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 31 December 2018
- “Nicht gewählte Mächtige”, reivew in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 12 November 2018
- “Why central banks must change before the next crisis hits”, Justice Everywhere blog, 24 September 2018 (re-published in the blog of Positive Money Europe)
Catching Capital – The Ethics of Tax Competition, Oxford University Press, 2015
Book reviews of Catching Capital have been published here:
- A book symposium in Philosophiques
- Economics & Philosophy
- Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics
- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
- Contemporary Political Theory
- Foreign Affairs
- phdskat blog
Media interventions related to Catching Capital:
- “Limiting tax competition with a minimum corporate tax rate”, Policy Options / Options Politiques, 1 June 2018
- Enquête broadcast, Radio-Canada, 30 November 2017
- Interview on Radio CRE, “Justice et réforme fiscale”, 14 November 2017
- “Regard éthique sur les Paradise Papers avec un philosophe de la finance”, Radio CISM, 12 November 2017
- Interview on “Faut pas croire tout ce qu’on dit”, round table with Michel Lacombe, Radio-Canada, 11 November 2017
- “Wie ein gerechteres Steuersystem aussehen könnte”, article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, 3 September 2016
- “Oh wie schön ist Panama! Wie lässt sich Steuerwettbewerb zwischen Staaten einschränken?”, article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 27 July 2016
- “Die ‘Panama Papers’ – Vom Verstecken und Verschleiern”, interview on the Swiss radio station SRF2, 19 April 2016, http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/kontext/die-panama-papers-vom-verstecken-und-verschleiern, minute 26 to 38
- “Panama Papers – Le vrai problème, c’est la concurrence fiscale”, interview in Le Devoir, 13 April 2016, http://www.ledevoir.com/international/actualites-internationales/467938/panama-papers-le-vrai-probleme-c-est-la-concurrence-fiscale
- “Tax avoidance isn’t just bad apples – systemic poaching requires systemic fixes”, The Globe & Mail, 9 April 2016, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/tax-avoidance-isnt-just-bad-apples-systemic-poaching-requires-systemic-fixes/article29573622/
- “La lutte contre l’évitement fiscal des multinationals, ça peut fonctionner?”, interview in the programme Planète Terre of the CÉRIUM / Le Devoir and broadcast on Canal Savoir, 21 October 2015, http://www.ledevoir.com/planete-terre
- “Evitement fiscal – Pas d’inquiétudes pour les multinationales”, interview in Le Devoir, 15 October 2015, http://www.ledevoir.com/international/actualites-internationales/453056/evitement-fiscal-pas-d-inquietudes-pour-les-multinationales
Edited volumes
Global Tax Governance - What's Wrong With It and How to Fix It (co-edited with Thomas Rixen), ECPR Press, 2016
Articles in journals with double-blind review
- “Independent Agencies, Distribution, and Legitimacy: The Case of Central Banks”, American Political Science Review, letter, 2020
- “Exit versus voice – options for socially responsible investment in collective pension plans”, Economics & Philosophy, 2019 + corrigendum
- “In Defence of Fiscal Autonomy: A Reply to Risse and Meyer” (avec Thomas Rixen), Journal of Political Philosophy, 27/4 (2019), 499-511
- “On the very idea of an efficient wage”, Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics 11/2 (2018), 85-104
- “Growing the pie or slicing it differently – On the need to disentangle two aspects of trade agreements”, Global Justice: Theory, Practice, Rhetoric 10 (2017), 43-56
- “Central banking and inequalities: Taking off the blinders” (avec Clément Fontan et François Claveau), Politics, Philosophy & Economics 15/4 (2016), 319-57
- “Redistribution, Globalisation, and Multi-level Governance” (avec Thomas Rixen), Moral Philosophy & Politics 1/1 (2014), 61-82
- “Tax Competition and Global Background Justice” (avec Thomas Rixen), The Journal of Political Philosophy 22/2 (2014), 150-77; ré-imprimé dans: Robert E. Goodin & James E. Fishkin (eds.), Political Theory Without Borders, Wiley-Blackwell, 2015, 77-106
- “Rethinking Sovereignty in International Fiscal Policy”, Review of International Studies 37 (2011), 2107-2120
- “Asking the Fox to Guard the Henhouse: The Tax Planning Industry and Corporate Social Responsibility”, Ethical Perspectives 18/3 (2011), 341-54
- “The market, competition, and equality”, Politics, Philosophy & Economics 9/2 (2010), 213-44
- “Distributive Lessons from the Division of Labour”, Journal of Moral Philosophy 5/1 (2008), 96-117
- “L’interpretation du principe de la propriété de soi au sein du libertarisme de gauche”, Dialogue XLVII/1 (2008), 65-80
- “Concurrence fiscale et responsabilité étatique” (avec François Claveau), Éthique Publique 10/1 (2008), 34-44
- “Does market failure justify redistribution?”, Éthique et Économique / Ethics and Economics 6/1 (2008), http://ethique-economique.net
- “Show me the money – the case for income transparency”, Journal of Social Philosophy 37/2 (2006), 197-213
- “Financing higher education: the case for a graduate tax”, Les ateliers de l’éthique 1/1 (2006), http://www.creum.umontreal.ca/spip.php?article345
- “Which income inequalities, if any, can be justified as incentive payments?”, Éthique et Économique / Ethics and Economics 3/1 (2005), http://ethique-economique.net
Refereed book chapters
- “The Ethics of Central Banking” (with François Claveau and Clément Fontan), in: Andrei Poama & Annabelle Lever (eds.), Routledge Handbook in Ethics and Public Policy, London: Routledge, 2018, 178-90
- “The state and tax competition – a normative perspective”, in: Martin O’Neill and Shepley Orr (eds.), Taxation – Philosophical Perspectives, Oxford University Press, 203-23
- “Normative dimensions of central banking – how the guardians of financial markets affect justice”, in: Lisa Herzog (ed.), Just Financial Markets, Oxford University Press, 2017, 231-49
- “The ethical aspects of international financial integration”, in: David Held & Pietro Maffetone (eds.), Global Political Theory, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2016, 236-53
- “G.A. Cohen, Karl Marx’s Theory of History – A Defence”, in: Jacob Levy (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Classics in Contemporary Political Theory, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016,
doi 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198717133.013.57 - “Whose tax base – The ethics of global tax governance”, in: Peter Dietsch & Thomas Rixen, Global tax governance – What is wrong with it and how to fix it, ECPR Press, 2016
- “Tax competition and its effects on domestic and global justice”, in: Ayelet Banai, Miriam Ronzoni, Christian Schimmel (eds.), Social Justice, Global Dynamics: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives, Routledge, 2011, 95-113
- “Patents on drugs – the wrong prescription?”, in: Axel Gosseries, Alain Marciano, Alain Strowel, Intellectual property and theories of justice, Palgrave MacMillan, 2008, 230-245
Book reviews
- Thomas Mulligan, Justice and the Meritocratic State (London: Routledge, 2018), Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, October 2018, https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/justice-and-the-meritocratic-state/
- Nicole Hassoun, Globalization and Global Justice – Shrinking Distance, Expanding Obligations (Cambridge University Press, 2012), Journal of Moral Philosophy, 13/2 (2016), 235-44
- Benjamin M. Friedman, The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, (Knopf, 2005), Economics and Philosophy 25/1 (March 2009), 106-13
- Geoffrey Brennan and Philip Pettit, The Economy of Esteem (Oxford University Press, 2004), Review of Political Economy 19/4 (2007), 579-81
- David Schmidtz, Elements of Justice (Cambridge University Press, 2006), Ethics 117/1 (October 2006), 147-51
- Frank A. Cowell, The Economics of Poverty and Inequality (Edward Elgar, 2003), Economics and Philosophy 21/2 (October 2005), 311-18
- Ross Zucker, Democratic Distributive Justice (Cambridge University Press, 2001), Review of Political Economy 14 / 3 (2002), 397-401
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