240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Although it was an important specialization in economics in the mid-twentieth century, welfare economics has received less attention in the twenty-first century. This book explores the history of welfare economics, with a view to explaining its rise and subsequent decline. Drawing on both philosophy and economics, this book offers a new and original perspective on the history of welfare... Read more
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?
Biography
Roger A. McCain is Professor of Economics at Drexel University, USA.
