Welfare economics and the economics of socialism : towards a commonsense critique / by Maurice Dobb.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1969.Description: viii, 275 pages, illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0521074622
Other title:
  • Welfare economics and the economics of socialism [Spine title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.15/5
LOC classification:
  • HB 99.3 .D6 1969
Contents:
Part I. Welfare economics - 1. Introductory -- 2. Utility and perfect competition: Walras and Pareto -- 3. Pigou and the measurement of total product -- 4. Optimum conditions for maximising welfare -- 5. Distribution of income and interpersonal comparisons of utility -- 6. The compensation principle.
Part II. A socialist economy - 7. A socialist economy: Some preliminary remarks -- 8. The structure of production and choice of methods of production -- 9. Footnote to a debate -- 10. Individual consumption and consumers -- 11. The marginal cost discussion revisited -- 12. Conclusion.
Summary: "Although some of the chapters which follow originated in lectures, as may well be apparent, there is little attempt in this work either to fashion novel analytical techniques or to expound precepts for handling particular problems of planning policy (for which the writer would have been insufficiently equipped). For this reason some may regard it as falling between stools and failing to cater for what is professionally esteemed as being of of intellectual interest and of moment."
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks HB 99.3 .D6 1969 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML19070021

Includes index.

Part I. Welfare economics - 1. Introductory -- 2. Utility and perfect competition: Walras and Pareto -- 3. Pigou and the measurement of total product -- 4. Optimum conditions for maximising welfare -- 5. Distribution of income and interpersonal comparisons of utility -- 6. The compensation principle.

Part II. A socialist economy - 7. A socialist economy: Some preliminary remarks -- 8. The structure of production and choice of methods of production -- 9. Footnote to a debate -- 10. Individual consumption and consumers -- 11. The marginal cost discussion revisited -- 12. Conclusion.

"Although some of the chapters which follow originated in lectures, as may well be apparent, there is little attempt in this work either to fashion novel analytical techniques or to expound precepts for handling particular problems of planning policy (for which the writer would have been insufficiently equipped). For this reason some may regard it as falling between stools and failing to cater for what is professionally esteemed as being of of intellectual interest and of moment."

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