Morality and power : On ethics, economics and public policy /
Mike Berry (Emeritus Professor, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Australia).
- ix, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.--
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2017933401
Economic history--21st century. Political planning--History--21st century. Political planning--Moral and ethical aspects. Soziale Gerechtigkeit. Wirtschaftspolitik. Effizienz. Finanzkrise.