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Economics as a Moral Science (2009)
- throw0101d 2y agoA bit about the author: > A student of James Meade, Atkinson virtually single-handedly established the modern British field of inequality and poverty studies. He worked on inequality and poverty for over four decades.[3][4] […] > Atkinson's work was predominantly on income distributions. But he also worked on a wide field of other economic and social questions including taxation, wealth distribution, the economics of the welfare state, health economics, and poverty.[14] In his long career he published over 350 research papers and authored 24 books.[15] Characteristic for much of his work is a combination of theoretical and applied perspectives.[16] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Atkinson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Atkinson
- throw0101d 2y agoAbstract: > Economists frequently make judgments about economic welfare, but there is today little discussion of the foundations of welfare economics. It is assumed either that there is unanimity of interests, or that there is general acceptance of utilitarianism. This means that economics cannot address many key policy issues and that important differences in ethical views cannot be recognized. This paper argues that it is a legitimate exercise of economic analysis to examine the consequences of different ethical positions, taking case studies of employment as a macroeconomic objective, and the role of capabilities in the measurement of economic performance.