1989 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Economic Interdependence and Optimum Population: An Examination of Meade’s Objection to the Individual Utility Criterion
verfasst von : John D. Pitchford
Erschienen in: Economic Theory of Optimal Population
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Enthalten in: Professional Book Archive
Aktivieren Sie unsere intelligente Suche um passende Fachinhalte oder Patente zu finden.
Wählen Sie Textabschnitte aus um mit Künstlicher Intelligenz passenden Patente zu finden. powered by
Markieren Sie Textabschnitte, um KI-gestützt weitere passende Inhalte zu finden. powered by
Meade (1955) devoted a chapter of his Trade and Welfare volume to optimum population and optimum saving. In this discussion he finds reasons for abandoning individual welfare as a criterion for optimum population in favour of the use of total utility. His objection to individual, or as he calls it “per caput” utility is worth quoting in full.