The Historical Perspective of the Problem of Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility.

Autor: Drakapoulos, Stavros A.
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Zdroj: Journal of Economic Studies; 1989, Vol. 16 Issue 4, p35, 17p
Abstrakt: Discusses the historical perspective of the problem of interpersonal comparisons of utility, focusing on two streams of economic thought between the utilitarian-oriented economists and positivist economists. Influence of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill on utilitarianism; Contributions of the founders of marginalist school of economics; Groups of theorists according to interpersonal comparisons of utility.
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