Population issues in social-choice theory, welfare economics and ethics
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 incl...
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2005
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| Series: | Econometric Society monographs ;
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