The "vanity of the philosopher" [[electronic resource] ] : from equality to hierarchy in postclassical economics / / Sandra J. Peart & David M. Levy
| The "vanity of the philosopher" [[electronic resource] ] : from equality to hierarchy in postclassical economics / / Sandra J. Peart & David M. Levy |
| Autore | Peart Sandra |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (344 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.153 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LevyDavid M. <1944-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Economics - History - 19th century
Classical school of economics Equality - Economic aspects Eugenics - Economic aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-44515-4
9786612445156 0-472-02388-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Analytical egalitarianism and its opposition -- Perceiving race and hierarchy -- Hierarchy and transformation : "chemical political economy" -- Denying human homogeneity : eugenics and the making of postclassical economics -- Statistical prejudice : from eugenics to immigration -- Picking losers for sterilization : eugenics as demographic central planning -- Sympathy and its discontents : "greatest happiness" versus the "general good" -- "Who are the canters?" : the coalition of evangelical-economic egalitarians -- A discipline without sympathy : the happiness of the majority and its demise -- Darwin and the differential capacity for happiness : from cardinal to ordinal utility theory -- Analytical egalitarianism, anecdotal evidence, and information aggregation via proverbial wisdom -- Sympathy and the past : our "stock in dead people" reconsidered -- Postscript : a letter from M. Ali Khan. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459294803321 |
Peart Sandra
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| Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The "vanity of the philosopher" : from equality to hierarchy in postclassical economics / / Sandra J. Peart & David M. Levy
| The "vanity of the philosopher" : from equality to hierarchy in postclassical economics / / Sandra J. Peart & David M. Levy |
| Autore | Peart Sandra |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (344 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.153 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LevyDavid M. <1944-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Economics - History - 19th century
Classical school of economics Equality - Economic aspects Eugenics - Economic aspects |
| ISBN |
1-282-44515-4
9786612445156 0-472-02388-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Analytical egalitarianism and its opposition -- Perceiving race and hierarchy -- Hierarchy and transformation : "chemical political economy" -- Denying human homogeneity : eugenics and the making of postclassical economics -- Statistical prejudice : from eugenics to immigration -- Picking losers for sterilization : eugenics as demographic central planning -- Sympathy and its discontents : "greatest happiness" versus the "general good" -- "Who are the canters?" : the coalition of evangelical-economic egalitarians -- A discipline without sympathy : the happiness of the majority and its demise -- Darwin and the differential capacity for happiness : from cardinal to ordinal utility theory -- Analytical egalitarianism, anecdotal evidence, and information aggregation via proverbial wisdom -- Sympathy and the past : our "stock in dead people" reconsidered -- Postscript : a letter from M. Ali Khan. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792445203321 |
Peart Sandra
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| Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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