Welfare Economics: An Interpretive History

ISBN-13: 9780367729592 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 234 str.

Roger A. McCain

Opis

Although it was an important specialization in economics in the mid-twentieth century, welfare economics has received less attention in this century. This book explores the history of welfare economics, drawing on philosophy and economics, with a view to explaining its rise and subsequent decline.

Spis treści

1. Objective and Scope of the Work

2. Utilitarianism for Pigou’s Welfare Economics

3. Pigou and the Economics of Welfare

4. The New Welfare Economics

5. The Success and Failure of the New Welfare Economics

6. Alternatives to Welfare Economics

7. Utilitarian Persisters

8. Is There a Way Forward? Should There Be?

O autorze

Roger A. McCain is Professor of Economics at Drexel University, USA.