Population Issues in Social Choice Theory, Welfare Economics, and Ethics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521532587)

This book presents an exploration of the idea of the common or social good, extended so that alternatives with different populations can be ranked. Basing rankings on the well-being, broadly conceived, of those who are alive (or ever lived), the axiomatic method is employed. Topics investigated include the measurement of individual well-being, social attitudes toward inequality of well-being, the main classes of population principles, principles that provide incomplete rankings or rank uncertain alternatives, best choices from feasible sets, and applications.

Author: Charles Blackorby, Walter Bossert, David J. Donaldson
ISBN-10: 0521532582
ISBN-13: 9780521532587
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/15/2005
Pages: 378
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d