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Commodities and Capabilities presents a set of inter-related theses concerning the foundations of welfare economics, and in particular about the assessment of personal well-being and advantage. The argument presented focuses on the capability to function, i.e. what a person can do or can be, questioning in the process the more standard emphasis on opulence or on utility. In fact, a person's motivation behind choice is treated here as a parametric variable which may or may not coincide with the pursuit of self-interest. Given the large number of practical problems arising from the roles and limitations of different concepts of interest and the judgement of advantage and well-being, this scholarly investigation is both of theoretical interest and practical import.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780195650389
  • ISBN-10: 0195650387
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publish Date: September 1999
  • Dimensions: 8.44 x 5.46 x 0.26 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.24 pounds
  • Page Count: 102

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