Commodities and Capabilities

Commodities and Capabilities

Commodities and Capabilities presents a set of inter-related theses concerning the foundations of welfare economics, and in particular about the assessment of personal well-being and advantage. The argument presented focuses on the capability to function, i.e. what a person can do or can be, questioning in the process the more standard emphasis on opulence or on utility. In fact, a person's motivation behind choice is treated here as a parametric variable which may or may not coincide with the pursuit of self-interest. Given the large number of practical problems arising from the roles and limitations of different concepts of interest and the judgement of advantage and well-being, this scholarly investigation is both of theoretical interest and practical import.
Country USA
Brand Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer Oxford University Press
Binding Perfect Paperback
UnitCount 1
UPCs 000195650387
EANs 9780195650389
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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