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The ethics and the economics of minimalist government / Timothy P. Roth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roth, Timothy P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Free enterprise--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Free enterprise.
- Economics--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Economics.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 134 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham ; Northampton, MA : E. Elgar, [2002]
- Contents:
- 1. A prior ethical commitment 1
- 2. Ends vs. means: consequentialism vs. contractarianism 14
- 3. The consequentialist approach to government 28
- 4. Enter the economists 33
- 5. The efficiency standard, corruption and the growth of government 40
- 6. The indeterminacy of social welfare theory 59
- 7. The contractarian approach to government 73
- 8. The rules of the political game 80
- 9. Playing by the generality rule 86
- 10. Generality and minimalist government 110.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-127) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1840646764
- OCLC:
- 49226164
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