Human Well-Being and Economic Goals: Volume 3

by Kevin P. Gallagher

Book Overview

What are the ends of economic activity? According to neoclassical theory, efficient interaction of the profit-maximizing "ideal producer" and the utility-maximizing "ideal consumer" will eventually lead to some sort of social optimum. But is that social optimum the same as human well-being? Human Well-Being and Economic Goals addresses that issue, considering such questions as: Does the maximization of individual welfare really lead to social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559635614
• ISBN13: 9781559635615
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"