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A theory of fairness and social welfare

"The definition and measurement of social welfare have been a vexed issue for the past century. This book makes a constructive, easily applicable proposal and suggests how to evaluate the economic situation of a society in a way that gives priority to the worse-off and that respects each individual's preferences over his or her own consumption, work, leisure and so on. This approach resonates with the current concern to go 'beyond the GDP' in the measurement of social progress. Compared to technical studies in welfare economics, this book emphasizes constructive results rather than paradoxes and impossibilities, and shows how one can start from basic principles of efficiency and fairness and end up with concrete evaluations of policies. Compared to more philosophical treatments of social justice, this book is more precise about the definition of social welfare and reaches conclusions about concrete policies and institutions only after a rigorous derivation from clearly stated principles"--

"The definition and measurement of social welfare have been a vexed issue for the past century. This book makes a constructive, easily applicable proposal and suggests how to evaluate the economic situation of a society in a way that gives priority to the worse-off and that respects each individual's preferences over his or her own consumption, work, leisure, and so on. This approach resonates with the current concern to go beyond the GDP in the measurement of social progress. Compared to technical studies in welfare economics, this book emphasizes constructive results rather than paradoxes and impossibilities, and shows how one can start from basic principles of efficiency and fairness and end up with concrete evaluations of policies. Compared to more philosophical treatments of social justice, this book is more precise about the definition of social welfare and reaches conclusions about concrete policies and institutions only after a rigorous derivation from clearly stated principles"--

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English
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293

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Cover of: Theory of Fairness and Social Welfare
Theory of Fairness and Social Welfare
2013, Cambridge University Press
in English
Cover of: Theory of Fairness and Social Welfare
Theory of Fairness and Social Welfare
2011, Cambridge University Press
in English
Cover of: Theory of Fairness and Social Welfare
Theory of Fairness and Social Welfare
2011, Cambridge University Press
in English
Cover of: A theory of fairness and social welfare
A theory of fairness and social welfare
2011, Cambridge University Press
in English
Cover of: Theory of Fairness and Social Welfare
Theory of Fairness and Social Welfare
2011, Cambridge University Press
in English
Cover of: Theory of Fairness and Social Welfare
Theory of Fairness and Social Welfare
2011, Cambridge University Press
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Cambridge, New York
Series
Econometric society monographs

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
330.15/56
Library of Congress
HM671 .F573 2011, HV51

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
293

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25004406M
Internet Archive
theoryfairnessso00fleu
ISBN 13
9780521887427, 9780521715348
LCCN
2011006792
OCLC/WorldCat
702358120

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