| Commodities and Capabilities Contributor(s): Sen, Amartya (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195650387 ISBN-13: 9780195650389 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1999 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Investments & Securities - Commodities - General - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development |
| Dewey: 330.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 5.46" W x 8.44" (0.24 lbs) 102 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |