Equity and choice : an essay in economics and applied philosophy / Julian Le Grand.
1991
HB72 .L44 1991eb
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Title
Equity and choice : an essay in economics and applied philosophy / Julian Le Grand.
Author
ISBN
0203333705 (electronic bk.)
9780203333709 (electronic bk.)
0203400097 (electronic bk.)
9780203400098 (electronic bk.)
9780043500651
004350065X
9786610323487
6610323488
9780043500668
0043500668
1134998805
9781134998807
1280323485
9781280323485
0429230869
9780429230868
004350065X (Cloth)
0043500668 (Paper)
9780203333709 (electronic bk.)
0203400097 (electronic bk.)
9780203400098 (electronic bk.)
9780043500651
004350065X
9786610323487
6610323488
9780043500668
0043500668
1134998805
9781134998807
1280323485
9781280323485
0429230869
9780429230868
004350065X (Cloth)
0043500668 (Paper)
Imprint
London ; New York, NY, USA : HarperCollins Academic, ©1991.
Language
English
Language Note
English.
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 190 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
HB72 .L44 1991eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)52079174
Summary
Equity and Choice offers a new answer to an age-old problem: the meaning of a just or equitable distribution of resources. Julian Le Grand examines the principal interpretations of equity used by economists and political philosophers, and argues that none captures the essence of the term as well as an alternative conception relating equity to the existence or otherwise of individual choice. He shows that this conception is not only philosophically well-grounded but is also directly relevant to key areas of distributional policy. The theoretical argument is complemented by detailed discussion o.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Some preliminaries; Equity versus efficiency: the elusive trade-off; Methods of approach; Economic conceptions of equity; Equity and choice; Equity, health and health care; Equity and grants to local governments; Equity, the measurement of choice sets and income taxation; Afterword; References
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Print version: Le Grand, Julian. Equity and choice. London ; New York, NY, USA : HarperCollins Academic, ©1991
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