The paper analyzes how and to what extent the ideas to maximize public welfare become public choice. It examines the effects of the selfish pursuit of self-interest and altruistic concern for others. The conclusion is that we need government social policy to respond to insufficient in terms of...

The paper analyzes how and to what extent the ideas to maximize public welfare become public choice. It examines the effects of the selfish pursuit of self-interest and altruistic concern for others. The conclusion is that we need government social policy to respond to insufficient in terms of...

The paper analyses main normative views on distribution. By using Edgeworth box diagram and model of the boundary of possible utility it presents the ideas of utilitarians, libertarians, liber-als and socialists. Looking for possible consensus it concludes that the achievement of equality and...