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HAVE ECONOMISTS FAILED?
BARBARA R. BERGMANNBy the criterion most beloved by the economics profession, economists have not failed; on the contrary, we are a glorious success. The criterion I am referring to is, of course…
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MONOPOLY AND PUBLIC POLICY IN SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURY GREAT BRITAIN
MARGARET CAPENPreviously, there have been few attempts to explore fully the concept of monopoly as it existed prior to the eighteenth century. The concept of monopoly as presently defined…
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MEASURABILITY, COMPARABILITY AND SOCIAL WELFARE
KATHERINE K. YUNKERIf everyone were indifferent between more and less and between this and that, the problems of allocating scarce resources would be trivialized. The necessity of choice, whether…
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SEPARABILITY HYPOTHESIS AND THE THEORY OF SECOND BEST
LEONARD FONG‐SHENG WANGTo find the way to obtain the maximization of social welfare has been a focus of welfare economics. Pareto optimal conditions are usually considered a sufficient condition for the…
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