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041			_aeng
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050	0	0	_aH97 _b.N5 2000
082	0	0	_a338.9 _221
100	1		_aNg, Yew-Kwang. _eauthor
245	1	0	_aEfficiency, equality and public policy : _bwith a case for higher public spending / _cYew-Kwang Ng.
264		1	_aNew York : _bMacmillan Press Ltd., _c2000.
300			_ax, 189 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 169-183) and indexes.
505			_aA dollar is a dollar: a simple solution to the big efficiency-equality tradeoff -- A partial resurrection of the old 'new welfare economics'? -- Introductory summary -- A case for higher public spending -- The misguided consensus -- Three basic problems of social choice/public policy -- Some specific points made -- A methodological note -- What this book is not about -- The Foundation of Public Economic Policy -- The Necessity of Interpersonal Cardinal Utility -- An intuitive explanation using a parent's choice -- Economists' misplaced hostility against cardinal utility -- The impossibility of social choice based on ordinal utilities -- Welfarism -- The Sen-Ng debate on welfarism: an appraisal -- Another argument for welfarism -- Rational individualism implies welfarism -- Utility, Informed Preference, or Happiness -- Non-affective altruism: the pure concern for the welfare of others -- Irrational preferences -- Autonomous desires -- Why is happiness fundamental? -- Utilitarianism -- Compelling arguments for utilitarianism -- Rational individualistic egalitarianism implies utilitarianism -- A defence of Harsanyi against some recent criticisms -- A defence of using just perceptible increments -- Utilitarianism and process fairness -- A Dollar is a Dollar: Solution to the Paradox of Interpersonal Cardinal Utility -- The paradox of interpersonal cardinal utility -- The proposed solution -- Economists should be in favour of reversed weighting! -- Some qualifications -- Economics versus Politics -- How Much Should the Government Spend?
520			_aEconomists overestimate the costs of public spending by emphasizing the excess burden of taxation, ignoring the offsetting effects on the spending side, the existence of environmental disruption effects and burden-free taxes on diamond goods.
650		0	_aPolicy sciences.
650		0	_aEconomic policy.
650		0	_aExpenditures, Public _xDecision making.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol057/99056733.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol057/99056733.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol053/99056733.html
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