Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy, and Public Policy

By Daniel Hausman, Michael McPherson, Debra Satz

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This book shows through argument and numerous policy-related examples how understanding moral philosophy can improve economic analysis, how moral philosophy can benefit from economists' analytical tools, and how economic analysis and moral philosophy together can inform public policy. Part I explores the idea of rationality and its connections to ethics,…

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1 author picked Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy, and Public Policy as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The book provides an excellent introduction to the philosophical foundations of economic analysis as a normative theory of human behavior and as a tool for public policy making.

It lucidly explains and criticizes the building blocks of welfare economics – the normative branch of economic analysis.

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