Public Economics And The Quality Of Life

Author : Lowdon Wingo Jr.
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134001770
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Economics and the Quality of Life written by Lowdon Wingo Jr. and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that, if redistribution was the dominant political theme of the 1960s, that of the 1970s would have been most assuredly quality. Furthermore, this seeks to poorly articulated normative concerns of physical and environmental planners to the intellectual tools, old and new, with which economists were addressing policy issues. This will be of particular interest among practitioners and theoreticians identified with the policy sciences.

Author : Lowdon Wingo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Public Economics and the Quality of Life written by Lowdon Wingo and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martha Nussbaum
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198287976
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Quality of Life written by Martha Nussbaum and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1993-03-11 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commentator: Ruth Anna Putnam

Author : Thomas M. Power
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000244288
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economic Value Of The Quality Of Life written by Thomas M. Power and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-01-29 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book grew out of research funded by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry. This study will argue that the distinction between "economic values" and "social values" such as the "quality of life" is a misleading and dangerous distinction. There is nothing especially ethereal or spiritual or "noneconomic" about the quality of life (QOL). Similarly there is nothing especially "material", practical" or "economic" about job opportunities or money prices

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9241548622
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Social Determinants of Health and Health Inequalities written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2013 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This resource book discusses the economic arguments that could (and could not) be put forth to support the case for investing in the social determinants of health on average and in the reduction in socially determined health inequalities. It provides an overview and introduction into how economists would approach the assessment of the economic motivation to invest in the social determinants of health and socially determined health inequities, including what the major challenges are in this assessment. It illustrates the extent to which an economic argument can be made in favour of investment in 3 major social determinants of health areas: education, social protection, and urban development and infrastructure. It describes whether education policy, social protection, and urban development, housing and transport policy can act as health policy"--

Author : Randall G. Holcombe
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Policy and the Quality of Life written by Randall G. Holcombe and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1995-01-24 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume argues that the virtues of the market system, private property, and freedom of exchange can be applied to enhance the quality of life. Although people recognize in the abstract that markets work better than government in allocating resources, government's presence in the economy increases as government intervenes to deal with different problems. This book shows how the market mechanism that has enhanced material well-being is better suited than government planning to improve the quality of life. After examining general principles guiding both market and government allocation of resources, the book then examines specific policy issues, including environmental protection, health care, regulation of product quality, and land use planning. The book first examines the general principles that guide both market and government allocation of resources to show why market mechanisms work better than government planning to enhance the quality of life. Then specific policy issues are examined to provide examples of how market forces can be harnessed to improve the quality of life. Some of those issues are environmental protection, health care, the regulation of product quality, and land use planning.

Author : Martin Feldstein
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080544193
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Public Economics written by Martin Feldstein and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2002-01-25 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Field of Public Economics has been changing rapidly in recent years, and the sixteen chapters contained in this Handbook survey many of the new developments. As a field, Public Economics is defined by its objectives rather than its techniques and much of what is new is the application of modern methods of economic theory and econometrics to problems that have been addressed by economists for over two hundred years. More generally, the discussion of public finance issues also involves elements of political science, finance and philosophy. These connections are evidence in several of the chapters that follow. Public Economics is the positive and normative study of government's effect on the economy. We attempt to explain why government behaves as it does, how its behavior influences the behavior of private firms and households, and what the welfare effects of such changes in behavior are. Following Musgrave (1959) one may imagine three purposes for government intervention in the economy: allocation, when market failure causes the private outcome to be Pareto inefficient, distribution, when the private market outcome leaves some individuals with unacceptably low shares in the fruits of the economy, and stabilization, when the private market outcome leaves some of the economy's resources underutilized. The recent trend in economic research has tended to emphasize the character of stabilization problems as problems of allocation in the labor market. The effects that government intervention can have on the allocation and distribution of an economy's resources are described in terms of efficiency and incidence effects. These are the primary measures used to evaluate the welfare effects of government policy.

Author : John G. Cullis
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198775799
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Finance and Public Choice written by John G. Cullis and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are the way in which governments tax and spend efficient, and are they equitable? These questions are central to public sector economics and this second edition of Public Finance and Public Choice illustrates the controversies which surround them. This new edition continues to focus on both the social optimality and public choice approaches but also includes alternative perspectives. This successful text has been extensively rewritten, offering further microeconomic insight and additional examples of the application of theory. New sections include: The private provision of public goods Privatization The quasi market The EC budget QALYs (Quality Adjusted Life Years) Public debt The impact of the public sector on economic growth. This clearly written, rigorous text offers a complete course in the economics of the public sector. It will be an indispensable text for students studying public economics, and also for students taking technical public policy or public administration courses.

Author : Lowdon Wingo Jr.
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134001703
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Economics and the Quality of Life written by Lowdon Wingo Jr. and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that, if redistribution was the dominant political theme of the 1960s, that of the 1970s would have been most assuredly quality. Furthermore, this seeks to poorly articulated normative concerns of physical and environmental planners to the intellectual tools, old and new, with which economists were addressing policy issues. This will be of particular interest among practitioners and theoreticians identified with the policy sciences.

Author : Helen Johns
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Happiness, Economics and Public Policy written by Helen Johns and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a lucid and compelling analysis, written for economists and non-economists alike, the authors find that happiness research cannot be used to justify government intervention in the way its proponents suggest. Those who would wish governments to take into account measures of wellbeing when setting policy often point to the fact that increases in income have not lead to increases in measured happiness, and thus governments should concentrate on redistribution and improving the quality of life, rather than on allowing people to benefit from economic growth. In fact, measured happiness does not appear to be related to public spending, violent crime, property crime, sexual equality, disability, life expectancy or unemployment either. The stark fact is that the difficulties in measuring society's happiness are insurmountable, and policymakers should not claim that they can control and increase happiness through public policy decisions.