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Erik W. Matson & Malte Dold: The Behavioral Welfare Economist in Society: Considerations from David Hume

We draw on David Hume’s essays on happiness to extend ideas about welfare, preferences, and the social role of behavioral welfare economists in Mario Rizzo’s and Glen Whitman’s (2020)Escaping Paternalism. Through literary dialogue, Hume illustrates that individuals have different perspectives on the good life. These perspectives cannot be resolved by Read more…

By Alexander Albrecht, 18 hours4. May 2022 ago
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