Redistribution programs might be pursued to promote greater equality, or might be pursued to help alleviate the problems of poverty. Discuss the merits of these two different goals.

Do you think that one goal would be favored over the other from behind a Rawlsian veil of ignorance? Redistribution might take place through cash transfers, or might take place through in-kind redistribution.

Discuss these two methods of redistribution as ways of addressing the goals of greater equality and alleviation of the problems of poverty.