Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy

By Charles Wilber

Ethics, argue the contributors to this book, plays an important role in economics. Economists have ethical values that help shape the way they work; economic actors have ethical values that help shape their behavior; and economic institutions and policies impact people differently, so that different ethical evaluations must supplement economic evaluations. In Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy, a host of distinguished philosophers and economists investigate the interaction between ethics and economics, both in economic theory and economic policy. This is a very important book for students and scholars of economics, philosophy, public policy, and those concerned with the way these fields interrelate.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847687902
• ISBN13: 9780847687909
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 5.8"