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Commodities and Capabilities - Couverture souple

Sen FBA, Amartya

 
9780195650389: Commodities and Capabilities
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0195650387 ISBN 13 : 9780195650389
Editeur : OUP India, 1999

Synopsis

Commodities and Capabilities presents a set of inter-related theses concerning the foundations of welfare economics, and in particular about the assessment of personal well-being and advantage. The argument presented focuses on the capability to function, i.e. what a person can do or can be, questioning in the process the more standard emphasis on opulence or on utility. In fact, a person's motivation behind choice is treated here as a parametric variable which may or may not coincide with the pursuit of self-interest. Given the large number of practical problems arising from the roles and limitations of different concepts of interest and the judgement of advantage and well-being, this scholarly investigation is both of theoretical interest and practical import.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Commodities and Capabilities presents a set of inter-related theses concerning the foundations of welfare economics, and in particular about the assessment of personal well-being and advantage. The argument presented focuses on the capability to function, i.e. what a person can do or can be, questioning in the process the more standard emphasis on opulence or on utility. In fact, a person's motivation behind choice is treated here as a parametric variable which may or may not coincide with the pursuit of self-interest. Given the large number of practical problems arising from the roles and limitations of different concepts of interest and the judgement of advantage and well-being, this scholarly investigation is both of theoretical interest and practical import.

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Éditeur
OUP India
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195650387
ISBN 13 
9780195650389
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
102
Coordonnées du fabricant
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