02887oam 2200661I 450 991079112840332120200520144314.01-136-95616-61-136-95617-41-282-62919-097866126291980-203-84955-810.4324/9780203849552 (CKB)2560000000009994(EBL)530335(OCoLC)642661371(SSID)ssj0000416654(PQKBManifestationID)12101319(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416654(PQKBWorkID)10437461(PQKB)10332315(MiAaPQ)EBC530335(Au-PeEL)EBL530335(CaPaEBR)ebr10394477(CaONFJC)MIL262919(OCoLC)645254488(PPN)156291606(EXLCZ)99256000000000999420180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrElements of an evolutionary theory of welfare assessing welfare when preferences change /Martin BinderLondon :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (277 p.)Routledge advances in social economics ;16Description based upon print version of record.1-138-80708-7 0-415-56298-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Conceptual background and welfare terminology; 3 Other approaches to welfare economics; 4 A positive basis: The learning theory of consumption; 5 An evolutionary theory of welfare; 6 Evolutionary welfare economics; 7 Concluding remarks; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIt has always been an important task of economics to assess individual and social welfare. The traditional approach has assumed that the measuring rod for welfare is the satisfaction of the individual's given and unchanging preferences, but recent work in behavioural economics has called this into question by pointing out the inconsistencies and context-dependencies of human behaviour. When preferences are no longer consistent, we have to ask whether a different measure for individual welfare can, and should, be found. This book goes beyond the level of preference and instead consideRoutledge advances in social economics ;16.Welfare economicsEconomicsWelfare economics.Economics.330.15/56Binder Martin1978-,1517536MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791128403321Elements of an evolutionary theory of welfare3754664UNINA