Fleurbaey, Marc; Zuber, Stéphane - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 9 (2015) 2015-12, pp. 1-52
Discounted utilitarianism and the Ramsey equation prevail in the debate on the discount rate on consumption. The … generations or a pure preference for the present. The authors question the unique status of discounted utilitarianism and discuss … Equivalent (EPEDE) criteria. The class is more flexible than discounted utilitarianism in terms of population ethics and it …