Share
Welfare Theory, Public Action, and Ethical Values: Revisiting the History of Welfare Economics (in English)
Roger E. Backhouse
(Illustrated by)
·
Antoinette Baujard
(Illustrated by)
·
Tamotsu Nishizawa
(Illustrated by)
·
Cambridge University Press
· Hardcover
Welfare Theory, Public Action, and Ethical Values: Revisiting the History of Welfare Economics (in English) - Backhouse, Roger E. ; Baujard, Antoinette ; Nishizawa, Tamotsu
$ 116.32
$ 130.00
You save: $ 13.68
Choose the list to add your product or create one New List
✓ Product added successfully to the Wishlist.
Go to My WishlistsIt will be shipped from our warehouse between
Monday, June 17 and
Tuesday, June 18.
You will receive it anywhere in United States between 1 and 3 business days after shipment.
Synopsis "Welfare Theory, Public Action, and Ethical Values: Revisiting the History of Welfare Economics (in English)"
This innovative history of welfare economics challenges the view that welfare economics can be discussed without taking ethical values into account. Whatever their theoretical commitments, when economists have considered practical problems relating to public policy, they have adopted a wider range of ethical values, whether equality, justice, freedom, or democracy. Even canonical authors in the history of welfare economics are shown to have adopted ethical positions different from those with which they are commonly associated. Welfare Theory, Public Action, and Ethical Values explores the reasons and implications of this, drawing on concepts of welfarism and non-welfarism developed in modern welfare economics. The authors exemplify how economic theory, public affairs and political philosophy interact, challenging the status quo in order to push economists and historians to reconsider the nature and meaning of welfare economics.
