Commodities and Capabilities presents a set of inter-related theses concerning the foundations of welfare economics, and in particular about the assessment of personal well-being and advantage. The argument presented focuses on the capability to function, i.e. what a person can do or can be, questioning in the process the more standard emphasis on opulence or on utility.
In fact, a person's motivation behind choice is treated here as a parametric variable which may or may not coincide with the pursuit of self-interest.
Given the large number of practical problems arising from the roles and limitations of different concepts of interest and the judgement of advantage and well-being, this scholarly investigation is both of theoretical interest and practical import.
| ISBN: | 9780195650389 |
| Publication date: | 17th June 1999 |
| Author: | Amartya Sen |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP India |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 89 pages |
| Series: | Oxford India Paperbacks |
| Genres: |
Social welfare and social services Economic theory and philosophy |
Commodities and Capabilities presents a set of inter-related theses concerning the foundations of welfare economics, and in particular about the assessment of personal well-being and advantage. The argument presented focuses on the capability to function, i.e. what a person can do or can be, questioning in the process the more standard emphasis on opulence or on utility.
Commodities and Capabilities features in the following genres: Social welfare and social services, Economic theory and philosophy
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Commodities and Capabilities was written by Amartya Sen and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP India
Commodities and Capabilities has 89 pages
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