Readership: Courses in Public Economics, Welfare Economics, Public Choice, Political Philosophy, Social Choice, Ethics, Ethical Theory and Political Theory
Ken Binmore, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University College London
Ken Binmore is a mathematician-turned-economist who has devoted his life to the theory of games and its applications in economics, evolutionary biology, psychology, and moral philosophy. He is best known for his part in designing the telecom auction that raised $35 billion for the British taxpayer, but his major research contributions are to the theory of bargaining and its testing in the laboratory. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of 12 books and some 90 research papers. He is Emeritus Professor of Economics at University College London.
"a worthwhile addition to the growing literature on the evolution and nature of fairness norms." - William F. Harms, Philosophy in Review
Preface 1.: Moral Science 2.: Bargaining 3.: Battle of the Isms 4.: Equilibrium 5.: Reciprocity 6.: Duty 7.: Kinship 8.: Empathy 9.: The Golden Rule 10.: Utilitarianism 11.: Egalitarianism 12.: Planned Decentralization Bibliography Index
