Ethics, economics, and politics : principles of public policy / I.M.D. Little.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Little, Ian Malcolm David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Economics.

Economics--Philosophy.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

xvi, 162 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

Ian Little offers a new defence of utilitarianism as a basis for assessing the role of the State. Lucidly and elegantly he explains how the three disciplines of philosophy, economics, and politics can be integrated to provide guidance on issues of public policy. Anyone interested in public affairs will be enlightened by Little's crisp analysis and any student taking an interdisciplinary course in social science will find a clear framework for thinking about thesubject.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART I. ECONOMICS AND PHILOSOPHY

1. Personal Utility and Welfare

Expected Utility and Risk

Risk and Fluctuations

Risk and Equality

Utility and Positive Economics

Utility and Normative Economics

2. Collective Utility and Welfare

3. Welfare Economics

Theoretical Welfare Economics

Applied Welfare Economics and Cost-Benefit Analysis

PART II. POLITICS AND PHILOSOPHY

4. The Role of the State

Limitations of State Authority

Individual Rights

Social Contract and Property

Property and Property Rights

5. Utilitarianism: Theory and Applications

Utility and the Value of Life

The State and Population Policy

What Constituency Now?-On Citizens and Foreigners

The State and Saving for the Future

6. Utilitarianism, Justice, and Equality

Utilitarianism and Equality

Rawls's Theory of Justice

The Meaning of Justice

Distributive Justice

Interstate Distributive Justice

Dworkin and Equalizing Resources

The Measurement of Equality

Summary

7. Contractarianism

8. Communitarianism

PART III. ECONOMICS AND POLITICS

9. Games, Conventions, and Public Goods

Games

Conventions

Public Goods and the State

10. Positive Political Economy

Endogenizing Government

Democratic and Authoritarian Government

Collective Choice and Voting

Economic Policy under Relatively Autonomous Government

Economic Policy under Democracy

Modelling Political Economy Explanations of Policies and Trends

The Political Economy of Protection in Industrialized Countries

The Growth of Government in Industrialized Countries

Protection and Import Substitution in Developing Countries

Policy Reform in Developing Countries

An Interim Jejune Report on Endogenizing Government.

11. Normative Political Economy

Further Consideration of Government and Distribution

Rent-seeking and Corruption

PART IV. ETHICS, ECONOMICS, AND POLITICS

12. The Principles of Public Policy

A Résumé of Parts I, II, and III

The Philosophical Framework

The Scale of Government Expenditure

The Boundaries of Public Policy

References

Index of Names

A

B

C

D

F

G

H

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

Index of Subjects

E

W.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-93058-X

0-19-926872-X

9786611930585

0-19-153140-5

0-19-160129-2

OCLC:

310962105