Book contents
- The Age of Fragmentation
- The Age of Fragmentation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: A Non-linear Discourse
- Part I The Background
- Part II The Giants of the Short Century
- Part III The Disgregation of the Mainstream
- Part IV The Weakening of the Paradigm
- Part V Is a New Paradigm Possible?
- 12 Post-Keynesian Macroeconomics
- 13 Marxism, Evolutionism, Institutionalism
- 14 Ethics and the Problem of Power
- References
- Index
14 - Ethics and the Problem of Power
from Part V - Is a New Paradigm Possible?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 November 2019
Book contents
- The Age of Fragmentation
- The Age of Fragmentation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: A Non-linear Discourse
- Part I The Background
- Part II The Giants of the Short Century
- Part III The Disgregation of the Mainstream
- Part IV The Weakening of the Paradigm
- Part V Is a New Paradigm Possible?
- 12 Post-Keynesian Macroeconomics
- 13 Marxism, Evolutionism, Institutionalism
- 14 Ethics and the Problem of Power
- References
- Index
Summary
In the framework of a critical illustration of the contemporary history of economics, this chapter recalls the foundations of utilitarianism and the ethics of consequences and provides a survey of research on income inequalities. Then it provides a critical history of welfare economics. It illustrates Sen’s notion of capabilities. It opposes conservative, revolutionary and reformist views on the evolution of capitalism and, finally, discusses a rather unusual topic, the economists’ ethics.
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- The Age of FragmentationA History of Contemporary Economic Thought, pp. 349 - 376Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019