Morality and power : On ethics, economics and public policy / Mike Berry (Emeritus Professor, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Australia).

By:

Berry, Michael, 1948- [author.]

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2017]Description: ix, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9781786435552
1786435551

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

330.9 BER 23

LOC classification:

HC59.3 .B469 2017

Contents:

Table of Contents Contents Preface Acknowledgements FOUNDATIONS Introduction David Humes judicious spectator Benthams legacy J S Mills apostasy The retreat to the margin Building a consequentialist framework OUTCOMES Privatization Inequality Financial crisis Environmental crisis Population crisis The hollowing of democracy ANALYSIS The concept of economic welfare Cambridge versus Lausanne What is efficiency? Social justice and economic policy Is democracy possible? EPILOGUE Recapturing the high ground References Index Copyright

Summary: Offering a compelling critique of orthodox economic analysis in the public realm, Mike Berry exposes the lack of development in economic thinking in public policy since the economic crisis of 2008. Focusing on both the ethically unacceptable outcomes of recent public policy and the threat of populism and rising nationalism, this book offers noteworthy suggestions for an alternative social democratic future. Both students and practitioners of heterodox economics and public policy will find this a compelling insight into the ethical concerns and social impacts raised by the political ascendency of neoliberal policies in recent decades.-- Provided by Publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
FOUNDATIONS
Introduction
David Humes judicious spectator
Benthams legacy
J S Mills apostasy
The retreat to the margin
Building a consequentialist framework
OUTCOMES
Privatization
Inequality
Financial crisis
Environmental crisis
Population crisis
The hollowing of democracy

ANALYSIS
The concept of economic welfare
Cambridge versus Lausanne
What is efficiency?
Social justice and economic policy
Is democracy possible?
EPILOGUE
Recapturing the high ground
References
Index
Copyright

Offering a compelling critique of orthodox economic analysis in the public realm, Mike Berry exposes the lack of development in economic thinking in public policy since the economic crisis of 2008. Focusing on both the ethically unacceptable outcomes of recent public policy and the threat of populism and rising nationalism, this book offers noteworthy suggestions for an alternative social democratic future. Both students and practitioners of heterodox economics and public policy will find this a compelling insight into the ethical concerns and social impacts raised by the political ascendency of neoliberal policies in recent decades.-- Provided by Publisher.

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