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from equality to hierarchy in postclassical economics

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An edition of The "vanity of the philosopher" (2005)

The "vanity of the philosopher"

from equality to hierarchy in postclassical economics

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University of Michigan Press
Language
English
Pages
323

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Subjects

Equality, Economics, Eugenics, Classical school of economics, Economic aspects of Eugenics, Economic aspects, Economic aspects of Equality, History, Economics, history

Times

19th century

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Table of Contents

Analytical egalitarianism and its opposition
Perceiving race and hierarchy
Hierarchy and transformation : "chemical political economy"
Denying human homogeneity : eugenics and the making of postclassical economics
Statistical prejudice : from eugenics to immigration
Picking losers for sterilization : eugenics as demographic central planning
Sympathy and its discontents : "greatest happiness" versus the "general good"
"Who are the canters?" : the coalition of evangelical-economic egalitarians
A discipline without sympathy : the happiness of the majority and its demise
Darwin and the differential capacity for happiness : from cardinal to ordinal utility theory
Analytical egalitarianism, anecdotal evidence, and information aggregation via proverbial wisdom
Sympathy and the past : our "stock in dead people" reconsidered
Postscript : a letter from M. Ali Khan.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Ann Arbor

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
330.15/3
Library of Congress
HB85 .P43 2005, HB85.P43 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
323

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OL3301101M
Internet Archive
vanityofphilosop0000pear
ISBN 10
0472114964
LCCN
2004030730
OCLC/WorldCat
57344128
Library Thing
1134825
Goodreads
317801

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