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The Just Economy: The Principles of Politicla Economy Volume IV book cover

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The Just Economy The Principles of Politicla Economy Volume IV

By James E. Meade Copyright 1976
248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge
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First published in 1979, this fourth part of Principles of Political Economy applies the tools of economic analysis to the distribution of income and property. Professor Meade considers the problems of making interpersonal comparisons of welfare and of distinguishing between the efficiency and distributional aspects of changes in social welfare. He analyses the possible criteria for... Read more

1. The Objectives of Economic Policy  2. Interpersonal Comparisons of Welfare  3. The Distinction Between Efficiency and Welfare  4. The Objectives of Distributional Policies  5. Demographic Changes  6. Distribution over Time  7. Measurements and Patterns of Inequality  8. Competition and the Distribution of Income  9. The Intergenerational Transmission of Endowments  10. Assortative Mating and Social Mobility  11. The Accumulation and Inheritance of Property  12. Differential Fertility  13. A Catalogue of Redistributional Policies

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Meade, James E.

‘The content is austerely theoretical, being concerned with the application of economic analysis, but not with its relation to empirical evidence or with the testing of economic theories. The style is a model of lucidity and everything is planned with care.’ – New Society

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