Morality and Power: On Ethics, Economics and Public Policy

by Mike Berry

Morality and Power offers a compelling critique of orthodox economic analysis and its impacts on public policy. Mike Berry argues that the theoretical underpinning of evaluative tools like cost-benefit analysis rests on an incoherent concept of 'efficiency' derived from Paretian welfare economics. Beginning by reviewing the historical progression of economic thought, Berry argues there has been a lack of crucial development in economic thinking in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788978722
• ISBN13: 9781788978729
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 352 Pages