Economics and Ethics: An Introduction

Wilber, Charles K., Dutt, Amitava

ISBN 10: 0230575951 / ISBN 13: 9780230575950

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

About this Item

This book provides an introduction to the relationship between economics and ethics, explaining why ethics enters economics, how ethics affects individual economic behaviour and the interactions of individuals, and how ethics is important in evaluating the performance of economies and of economic policies. Num Pages: 293 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480. . 2010. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Economics and Ethics: An Introduction
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230575951
• ISBN 13: 9780230575950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book provides an introduction to the relationship between economics and ethics, explaining why ethics enters economics, how ethics affects individual economic behaviour and the interactions of individuals, and how ethics is important in evaluating the performance of economies and of economic policies.

About the Author

Amitava Krishna Dutt is Professor of Economics and Fellow of the Kellogg Institute of International Studies and the Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies. He is the author or editor of several books, including Growth, distribution and uneven development (1990) and International Handbook of Development Economics (2008, co-editor) and numerous scholarly economics journals and edited volumes.

Charles K. Wilber is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Fellow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA. He has written extensively on economic development, economic methodology, and economic ethics. His books include The Soviet Model and Underdeveloped Countries, An Inquiry into the Poverty of Economics, and Economics, Ethics and Public Policy (ed.).