Economics as applied ethics : fact and value in economic policy / Wilfred Beckerman.
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TextPublisher: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (314 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9783319503196
- 3319503197
- Economics
- Welfare economics
- Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Value
- Management science
- Economic theory
- Finance, Public
- Political economy
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference
- Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Value
- Welfare economics
- Business & Economics -- Economics -- Theory
- Business & Economics -- Public Finance
- Political Science -- Economic Conditions
- Economic theory & philosophy
- Public finance
- Political economy
- 330.1556 23
- HB99.3
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Basic Principles -- 1. Preview -- 2. The Main Concepts -- 3. Fact and Value in Personal Choice -- 4. How to Make 'Bad' Choices -- 5. Fact and Value in Economic Policy: three examples -- 6. From Economic 'Efficiency' to Economic Welfare -- 7. The 'Social Welfare Function' -- 8. The 'Mindless' Society -- 9. Utilitarianism: The Search For A Single Over-riding Value -- 10 Constraints on Utilitarianism -- Part 2. Applications -- 11. GDP and Friends -- 12. Happiness -- 13. The Most Important Price: The Discount Rate -- 14. The Price of life -- 15. Equality: Fact or Value -- 16. Equality of What? -- 17. The Boundary of Society in Space -- Annex to Chapter 17: How to share out equitably he burden of combating climate change -- 18. The Boundary of Society in Time -- 19. Overview: The Role of Welfare Economics.
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