Studies in the Theory of Welfare Economics / Melvin Warren Reder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reder, Melvin Warren, author.

Series:

Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 534

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1947]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Explores implications of welfare theory during the early 1900's. Studies issues such as the concept of welfare, instability, and stumbling blocks to full employment.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Table of Contents

Part I. The Static Theory of Welfare Economics

I. The Welfare Concept

II. The Marginal Conditions of Maximum Welfare

III. Perfect Competition and the Attainment of Maximum Welfare

IV. An Obstacle to the Attainment of Maximum Welfare: Monopoly

V. Further Obstacles to the Attainment of Maximum Welfare

VI. Another Obstacle: Ignorance

VII. Risk, Uncertainty and Maximum Welfare: Socialism vs. Capitalism

VIII. Maximum Welfare and the Compensation Question

Part II. A Framework for the Theory of Economic Dynamics

IX. The Characteristics of Dynamic Systems

X. Some Implications of Dynamic Theory

XI. Monopolistic Competition in a Dynamic Setting

XII. Instability in a Dynamic System: The Role of Money

XIII. The Theory of Welfare in a Dynamic Setting

Part III. Welfare Economics and Full Employment

XIV. Full Employment and Economic Welfare

XV. Stumbling Blocks on the Road to Full Employment

XVI. Conclusion: A Philosophic Reflection on Waste and Welfare

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89150-4

OCLC:

1100450904