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Author:   Partha Dasgupta (, University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9780199267194

ISBN 10:   0199267197
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   18 March 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Summary and Guide Introduction: Means and Ends I Valuing and Evaluating Prologue 1: The Notion of Well-Being *1: Ordering Social States 2: Why Measure Well-Being? 3: Constituents and Determinants of Well-Being II Measuring Current Well-Being Prologue 4: Theory 5: Current Quality of Life in Poor Countries III Measuring Well-Being over Time Prologue 6: Intergenerational Well-Being *6: Intergenerational Conflicts 7: Economic Institutions and the Natural Environment 8: Valuing Goods 9: Wealth and Well-Being IV Evaluating Policies in Imperfect Economies Prologue 10: Policy Reforms 11: Discounting Future Consumption: How and Why 12: Institutional Responses to Policy Change V Valuing Potential Lives Prologue 13: Some Views 14: Classical Utilitarianism and the Genesis Problem *14: Numbers and Well-Being under Classical Utilitarianism 15: Actual versus Potential Lives *15: Generation-Relative Utilitarianism Appendix

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<br> In a style that is both engaging and rational...the sobering picture that emerges from this important book contrasts sharply with the one portrayed in most literature on economic development. Human Well-Being is intended both for scholars and for 'the general citizen interested in what are among the deepest and most urgent social problems we face today.' --Scientific American<br> Partha Dasgupta is a very highly regarded economic theorist, and his book shows why. Dasgputa writes more clearly and in a more accessible manner ... than most highly regarded economic theorists. --Journal of Public Policy<br> Reading this book is the equivalent of a crash course in political economy and moral philosophy. I wholeheartedly recommend it as one of the most important books of the new millennium. --Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University<br> Building on his classic magnum opus, An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution (1993), Partha Dasgupta has joined this rethink about the sustainability of deve

In a style that is both engaging and rational...the sobering picture that emerges from this important book contrasts sharply with the one portrayed in most literature on economic development. Human Well-Being is intended both for scholars and for 'the general citizen interested in what are among the deepest and most urgent social problems we face today.' --Scientific American<br> Partha Dasgupta is a very highly regarded economic theorist, and his book shows why. Dasgputa writes more clearly and in a more accessible manner ... than most highly regarded economic theorists. --Journal of Public Policy<br> Reading this book is the equivalent of a crash course in political economy and moral philosophy. I wholeheartedly recommend it as one of the most important books of the new millennium. --Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University<br> Building on his classic magnum opus, An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution (1993), Partha Dasgupta has joined this rethink about the sustainability of development in an intellectually rich, thought-provoking and occasionally metaphysical work. His new book probes many issues beyond those that might be anticipated from the title and confirms his position as one of the most exciting economic thinkers today. --The Times Higher Education Supplement<br>

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Partha Dasgupta is the Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. A Past President of the Royal Economic Society and of the European Economic Association, Professor Dasgupta is a Fellow of the British Academy, Member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences. His publications include An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1993).

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