We consider the evolution of preferences when trade occurs between two countries. We show that if one country is much … larger than the other, its preferences can eventually take over the preferences of the second country. This result may … agreements. We also show that when the sensitivity of preferences to the relative price is high, the distribution of preferences …

We consider the evolution of preferences when trade occurs between two countries. We show that if one country is much … larger than the other, its preferences can eventually take over the preferences of the second country. This result may … agreements. We also show that when the sensitivity of preferences to the relative price is high, the distribution of preferences …

Utilitarianism was a major philosophical movement of the nineteenth century which focused on maximising the happiness … utilitarians, including John Stuart Mill, were also early economists, but they largely rejected the use of utilitarianism in their … over the next 80 years had surprisingly little in common with utilitarian philosophy. In philosophy, utilitarianism went …

the utilitarian programme. His vision was for increased human happiness through a wholesale reform of the revenue system …, never losing his faith in the utilitarian ideal or his belief in the property tax solution as the key to fiscal happiness … utilitarianism to liberal thinking on taxation. As such, this unique book will appeal to specialists in the history of economic …

free markets using the three main ethical approaches: utilitarianism, principle-based ethics, and virtue ethics. Ethics and … Economics systematically links empirical research to these ethical questions, with a focus on the core topics of happiness …