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  • A Manifesto for Social Progress

    Ideas for a Better Society

    by Marc Fleurbaey ...
    At this time when many have lost hope amidst conflicts, terrorism, environmental destruction, economic inequality and the breakdown of democracy, this beautifully written book outlines how to rethink and reform our key institutions - markets, corporations, welfare policies, democratic processes and transnational governance - to create better societies based on core principles of human dignity, ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Fairness, Responsibility, and Welfare

    by Marc Fleurbaey ...
    What is a fair distribution of resources and other goods when individuals are partly responsible for their achievements? This book develops a theory of fairness incorporating a concern for personal responsibility, opportunities and freedom. With a critical perspective, it makes accessible the recent developments in economics and philosophy that define social justice in terms of equal opportunities ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Beyond GDP

    Measuring Welfare and Assessing Sustainability

    by Marc Fleurbaey, Didier Blanchet ...
    In spite of recurrent criticism and an impressive production of alternative indicators by scholars and NGOs, GDP remains the central indicator of countries' success. This book revisits the foundations of indicators of social welfare, and critically examines the four main alternatives to GDP that have been proposed: composite indicators, subjective well-being indexes, capabilities (the underlying ... Read more

    $77.99 CAD

  • A Theory of Fairness and Social Welfare

    by Marc Fleurbaey, François Maniquet ...
    Series Book 48 - Econometric Society Monographs
    The definition and measurement of social welfare have been a vexed issue for the past century. This book makes a constructive, easily applicable proposal and suggests how to evaluate the economic situation of a society in a way that gives priority to the worse-off and that respects each individual's preferences over his or her own consumption, work, leisure and so on. This approach resonates with ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy

    Edited by Matthew D. Adler, Marc Fleurbaey ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    What are the methodologies for assessing and improving governmental policy in light of well-being? The Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary treatment of this topic. The contributors draw from welfare economics, moral philosophy, and psychology and are leading scholars in these fields. The Handbook includes thirty chapters divided into four ... Read more

    $191.99 CAD

  • Conversations on Social Choice and Welfare Theory - Vol. 1

    Edited by Marc Fleurbaey, Maurice Salles ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This volume presents interviews that have been conducted from the 1980s to the present with important scholars of social choice and welfare theory. Starting with a brief history of social choice and welfare theory written by the book editors, it features 15 conversations with four Nobel Laureates and other key scholars in the discipline.The volume is divided into two parts. The first part presents ... Read more

    $192.99 CAD

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    How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters

    by Diane Coyle ...
    The world's leading economies are facing not just one but many crises. The financial meltdown may not be over, climate change threatens major global disruption, economic inequality has reached extremes not seen for a century, and government and business are widely distrusted. At the same time, many people regret the consumerism and social corrosion of modern life. What these crises have in common, ... Read more

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  • Philosophy of Economics

    A Contemporary Introduction

    by Julian Reiss ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
    Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction is the first systematic textbook in the philosophy of economics. It introduces the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical problems that arise in economics, and presents detailed discussions of the solutions that have been offered.Throughout, philosophical issues are illustrated by and analysed in the context of concrete cases drawn from ... Read more

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  • Straight Talk on Trade

    Ideas for a Sane World Economy

    by Dani Rodrik ...
    An honest discussion of free trade and how nations can sensibly chart a path forward in today’s global economyNot so long ago the nation-state seemed to be on its deathbed, condemned to irrelevance by the forces of globalization and technology. Now it is back with a vengeance, propelled by a groundswell of populists around the world. In Straight Talk on Trade, Dani Rodrik, an early and outspoken ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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  • World 3.0

    Global Prosperity and How to Achieve It

    by Pankaj Ghemawat ...
    Since the financial crisis of 2008, many of us have had to reexamine our beliefs about markets and globalization. How integrated should economies really be? How much regulation is right?Many people fuse these two dimensions of choice into one, either favoring both globalization and deregulation-or opposing both of them.It doesn’t have to be that way.In World 3.0, award-winning author and economist ... Read more

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  • The Experiment in the History of Economics

    Edited by Philippe Fontaine, Robert Leonard ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
    Throughout the history of economic ideas, it has often been asserted that experimentation is impossible, yet, in fact, history shows that the idea of ‘experimentation’ has always been important, and as such has been interpreted and put to use in many ways. Rich in historical detail, the essays in this topical volume deal with such issues as laboratory experimentation, the observed transition from ... Read more

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  • Global Political Economy

    Understanding the International Economic Order

    by Robert G. Gilpin ...
    This book is the eagerly awaited successor to Robert Gilpin's 1987 The Political Economy of International Relations, the classic statement of the field of international political economy that continues to command the attention of students, researchers, and policymakers. The world economy and political system have changed dramatically since the 1987 book was published. The end of the Cold War has ... Read more

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