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1、AmericanEconomicReview:Papers&Proceedings2011,101:3,157–161http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/aer.101.3.157economicsasamoralscienceTheRestorationofWelfareEconomicsByAnthonyB.Atkinson*ThispaperarguesthatwelfareeconomicsThemainthrustofthispaperisthatwelfareshouldberestoredto
2、aprominentplaceontheeconomicsisnotonlyalegitimateexercise,butagendaofeconomistsandshouldoccupyacen-thatitisanexercisetowhicheconomistsshouldtralroleintheteachingofeconomics.Economistsdevotemoretimeandattention.AsKeynessaid,shouldprovidejustificationfortheethicalcrite-“economicsisessen
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5、fareeconomicsshouldbeaccompaniedbyas“Welfarepropositionsineconomics”and“Theconsiderationoftheadoptionofethicalguide-foundationsofwelfareeconomics.”Asitwasputlinesfortheeconomicsprofession.byKennethJ.ArrowandTiborScitovskyintheirIntroductiontoReadingsinWelfareEconomics,I.WelfareEconomi
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