The tyranny of utility [[electronic resource] ] : behavioral social science and the rise of paternalism / / Gilles Saint-Paul |
Autore | Saint-Paul Gilles |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.12 |
Soggetto topico |
Welfare economics
Utilitarianism Paternalism Public welfare |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
Coasian view
Freudianism Friedrich Nietzsche Lockean theory Man Pareto improvements Pigovian taxation Postmodernism addictive goods autonomy behavioral biases behavioral economics behavioral issues behavioral problems cognitive capacity competitive markets consistent behavior consistent self divine order economic theory economics externality financial capacity free markets global efficiency government control government intervention government intrusion government involvement happiness incarnations incentives individual freedom individual liberty individual rights individual welfare individual well-being individualistic values intellectual apparatus intellectual safeguard laissez-faire legitimacy of power libertarian paternalism limited government limited liability market interactions markets modern paternalism objective reality paternalism paternalistic governments paternalistic intervention paternalistic interventions paternalistic policies paternalistic state penalties policy prescriptions political economy critique political institutions population distribution post-utilitarian paradigm post-utilitarianism price restrictions psychological phenomena public policy rational phenomena responsibility transfer revealed preferences self-consciousness self-reported happiness sin tax social contract social engineer social planner social preferences social sciences state involvement statistics transactions unique self unitary individual utilitarian social policy utilitarian state utilitarianism utility voluntary transactions welfare |
ISBN |
1-283-16898-7
9786613168986 1-4008-3889-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Demise of the Unitary Individual -- 1. Political Organization and the Conception of Man -- 2. The Challenge to the Unitary Individual in Western Thought -- 3. Economics: The Last Bastion of Rationality -- 4. Economics Goes Behavioral -- 5. From Utility to Happiness -- Part II. The Rise of Paternalism -- Introduction -- 6. Post-Utilitarianism: Searching for a Collective Soul in the Behavioral Era -- 7. The Policy Prescriptions of Behavioral Economics -- 8. The Modern Paternalistic State -- 9. Responsibility Transfer -- 10. The Role of Science -- 11. Markets in a Paternalistic World -- 12. Where to Go? -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456961303321 |
Saint-Paul Gilles | ||
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
The tyranny of utility [[electronic resource] ] : behavioral social science and the rise of paternalism / / Gilles Saint-Paul |
Autore | Saint-Paul Gilles |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.12 |
Soggetto topico |
Welfare economics
Utilitarianism Paternalism Public welfare |
Soggetto non controllato |
Coasian view
Freudianism Friedrich Nietzsche Lockean theory Man Pareto improvements Pigovian taxation Postmodernism addictive goods autonomy behavioral biases behavioral economics behavioral issues behavioral problems cognitive capacity competitive markets consistent behavior consistent self divine order economic theory economics externality financial capacity free markets global efficiency government control government intervention government intrusion government involvement happiness incarnations incentives individual freedom individual liberty individual rights individual welfare individual well-being individualistic values intellectual apparatus intellectual safeguard laissez-faire legitimacy of power libertarian paternalism limited government limited liability market interactions markets modern paternalism objective reality paternalism paternalistic governments paternalistic intervention paternalistic interventions paternalistic policies paternalistic state penalties policy prescriptions political economy critique political institutions population distribution post-utilitarian paradigm post-utilitarianism price restrictions psychological phenomena public policy rational phenomena responsibility transfer revealed preferences self-consciousness self-reported happiness sin tax social contract social engineer social planner social preferences social sciences state involvement statistics transactions unique self unitary individual utilitarian social policy utilitarian state utilitarianism utility voluntary transactions welfare |
ISBN |
1-283-16898-7
9786613168986 1-4008-3889-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Demise of the Unitary Individual -- 1. Political Organization and the Conception of Man -- 2. The Challenge to the Unitary Individual in Western Thought -- 3. Economics: The Last Bastion of Rationality -- 4. Economics Goes Behavioral -- 5. From Utility to Happiness -- Part II. The Rise of Paternalism -- Introduction -- 6. Post-Utilitarianism: Searching for a Collective Soul in the Behavioral Era -- 7. The Policy Prescriptions of Behavioral Economics -- 8. The Modern Paternalistic State -- 9. Responsibility Transfer -- 10. The Role of Science -- 11. Markets in a Paternalistic World -- 12. Where to Go? -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781461303321 |
Saint-Paul Gilles | ||
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|