Ethics: Economics, & Politics

• Author of the hugely influential 'Critique of Welfare Economics' (OUP, 1950, reissue 2002)
• Studies the interaction of ethics, economics, and politics in the formulation of public policy
• Argues that any coherent public policy must have an underlying moral code
• Explores how a community's economic welfare can be accurately judged

Readership: Academics and students across the social sciences and philosophy; Civil servants, politicians, and professionals concerned with public policy.

I. M. D. Little, Emeritus Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford

"The reader is introduced to the classics of the PPE literature of the past fifty years ... Little comes across as an eminently sensible economist, a person of experience and sound judgement." - Robert Sugden, Mind

Introduction
Part I: Economics and Philosophy
1: Personal Utility and Welfare
2: Collective Utility and Welfare
3: Welfare Economics
Part II: Politics and Philosophy
4: The Role of the State
5: Utilitarianism: Theory and Application
6: Utilitarianism: Justice and Equality
7: Contractarianism
8: Communitarianism
Part III: Economics and Politics
9: Games, Conventions, and Public Goods
10: Positive Political Economy
11: Normative Political Economy
Part IV: The Principles of Public Policy
12: The Principles of Public Policy