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Economics : Rational Action or Social Science? Marshall vs. Edgeworth in re ‘The Social Question’
Wagner, Richard E. - 2010
This paper uses Alfred Marshall’s treatment of wants and activities and Francis Edgeworth’s treatment of utilitarian redistribution to re-examine what since the 19th century has been described as “the social question.” This comparative examination is prefaced by a distinction between...
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Bringing Proverbs to Policy : Classical Economics, Proverbial Wisdom, and Applications for Welfare Policy
Winfree, Paul L. - 2018
by experts would be improved by the incorporating the wisdom of ordinary people.Classical economists from Adam Smith (the … judging morality. For both Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill, the “Golden Rule” which they attributed to Jesus Christ, was …
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Frühe deutsche Nationalökonominnen : eine Spurensuche
Allgoewer, Elisabeth (ed.) - 2018
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Schriften zur Wirtschafts- und Sozialpolitik (1897 - 1932)
Weber, Alfred - 2000
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Has economics returned to being the "dismal science"? : the changing role of economic thought in German labour market reforms
Pühringer, Stephan; Griesser, Markus - 2016
As an immediate reaction to the recent financial crisis, it has been criticized that many economists are still acting as economic advisers for Ministries or the bureaucracy, although they have not been able to foresee the crisis . Academic economists still hold central positions in policy...
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Poverty and inequality : the political economy of redistribution
Neill, Jon Raymond (ed.) - 1997
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Arguments for a better world : essays in honor of Amartya Sen
Basu, Kaushik (contributor); Sen, Amartya (honouree);  … - 2009
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The economics of poverty : history, measurement, and policy
Ravallion, Martin - 2016
"An overview of the economic development of and policies intended to combat poverty around the world." …"While there is no denying that the world has made huge progress against absolute poverty over the last 200 years … greater progress against poverty in the developing world in recent times-indeed, a faster pace of progress against extreme …
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