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. My key insight is that social welfare functions that only rely on each individual’s utility still may reflect what people … put an equal sign between welfarist methods and social welfare functions that only rely on each individual’s utility. I … usefully illustrate how easily one can construct a simple counter example using familiar non-welfarist ideas and utility …
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The public at large, many policymakers, and a number of economists hold views of social welfare that are non-welfarist, which is to say that some importance is attached to factors other than individuals' utilities. We show, however, that any non-welfarist method of policy assessment violates the...
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The well known Pareto criterion used in the context of efficiency and welfare has to do with absolute changes whereas in every domain of economic behaviour inequality or relative changes has become a major concern. We propose an inequality-preserving or distribution neutral Pareto criterion-the...
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