Welfare theory, public action, and ethical values : revisiting the history of welfare economics / edited by Roger E. Backhouse, University of Birmingham and Erasmus University Rotterdam, Antoinette Baujard, University of Lyon and Jean Monnet University at Saint-Etienne, Tamotsu Nishizawa, Teikyo University.
"Introduction to Welfare theory, public action and ethical values Revisiting the history of welfare economics By Roger E. Backhouse, Antoinette Baujard and Tamotsu Nishizawa The Introduction explains the concepts of welfarism and non-welfarism, relating it to the way economistss have typically...
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Welfare theory, public action, and ethical values : |b revisiting the history of welfare economics / |c edited by Roger E. Backhouse, University of Birmingham and Erasmus University Rotterdam, Antoinette Baujard, University of Lyon and Jean Monnet University at Saint-Etienne, Tamotsu Nishizawa, Teikyo University. |
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| 520 | |a "Introduction to Welfare theory, public action and ethical values Revisiting the history of welfare economics By Roger E. Backhouse, Antoinette Baujard and Tamotsu Nishizawa The Introduction explains the concepts of welfarism and non-welfarism, relating it to the way economistss have typically approached the problem of welfare. Drawing on the chapters in the volume, it explores ways in which economists have departed from welfarism when tackling practical problems and discussing public policy. Welfarism, non-welfarism, welfare, public policy, ethics, economics, individualism Introduction Welfare economics is the part of economics that deals with evaluating states of the world and formulating recommendations for policies that would improve the well-being of society as a whole. It covers not only a body of policy advice but, arguably more important, a body of principles on which such evaluations and recommendations should be based. Economists frequently make the claim that how well-off society is, which we refer to as social welfare, depends solely on the well-being of the individuals making up that society. In other words, if a change does not make any individual better off, then social welfare cannot have increased"-- |c Provided by publisher | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Revisiting the History of Welfare Economics -- Part I Plurality of Welfare in the Making of Welfare Economics -- 1 Ruskin's Romantic Triangle: Neither Wealth Nor Beauty but Life -- 2 Radicalism versus Ruskin: Quality and Quantity in Hobson's Welfare Economics -- 3 Alfred Marshall on Progress and Human Wellbeing -- 4 Pigou's Welfare Economics Revisited: A Non-welfarist and Non-utilitarian Interpretation | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 5 To Which Kind of Welfare Did Léon Walras Refer?: The Theorems and the State -- 6 Value Judgement within Pareto's Economic and Sociological Approaches to Welfare -- Part II Developing Modern Welfare Economics -- 7 John Hicks's Farewell to Economic Welfarism: How Deeply Rooted and Far Reaching Is His Non-welfarist Manifesto? -- 8 Individualism and Ethics: Samuelson's Welfare Economics -- 9 Non-welfarism in the Early Debates over the Coase Theorem: The Case of Environmental Economics -- 10 Musgrave and the Idea of Community -- 11 Non-welfaristic Features of Kenneth Arrow's Idea of Justice | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 12 Beyond Welfarism: The Potential and Limitations of the Capability Approach -- 13 The Influence of Sen's Applied Economics on His Non-welfarist Approach to Justice: Agency at the Core of Public Action for Removing Injustices -- Conclusion -- Index | |
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