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1987 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Utilitarianism and Modern Economics

verfasst von : Gunnar Myrdal

Erschienen in: Arrow and the Foundations of the Theory of Economic Policy

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Already from the beginning in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, economists unhesitatingly saw themselves as political economists. They firmly believed it was part of their duty to draw policy conclusions. And they held that they were entitled to do this on rational grounds—i.e., as logical inferences from their knowledge about the facts.

Metadaten
Titel
Utilitarianism and Modern Economics
verfasst von
Gunnar Myrdal
Copyright-Jahr
1987
Verlag
Palgrave Macmillan UK
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07357-3_9

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