Economics and Ethics

An occasional examination of economic theory, practice, and policy, informed by philosophical ethics (and a dash of whimsy).

Maintained by @profmdwhite.

[Economics and Ethics @econandethics]

Antonis Ragkousis, "Ethics and ontology: comparing Amartya Sen’s ethics and Tony Lawson’s Critical Ethical Naturalism" #openaccess https://t.co/j8T8wETue2

[Economic thought @economicthought]

Article: Cost-benefit analysis, ethical values, and a ‘taste’ for fairness, by Patricia Marino

https://t.co/v1c2FrA0R0

[Shai Agmon @shaiagmon]

Nice way to end the summer—I have a new paper out in Economics and Philosophy (@CambridgeCore')! 🎉 Here’s the link:

https://t.co/iEt8msjj1W

Join this thread if you’d like to hear more >>>

[Mark D. White @profmdwhite]

Are there any ethics-and-economics people in NYC who might be available to teach a course in the area? LMK thanks

[philosophy&economics @philosophyecon1]

Prof. Dr. Johanna Thoma (Ethics) and Prof. Dr. Gabriel Wollner (Political Philosophy and Social Philosophy) will be holding their inaugural lectures on 22 may at 6pm in H25. Thoma talks about „Ethics in Economics“ and talks about „Socialist Reconstruction“.

[Mark D. White @profmdwhite]

Jelle de Boer, "Interpersonal comparisons of well-being: Increasing convergence," forthcoming in Politics Philosophy & Economics #openaccess https://t.co/e7KYjUOcqH

[Mark D. White @profmdwhite]

New book: "Virtues, Morals and Markets" by Rojhat Avsar https://t.co/n8NrEgwEav

[Economic thought @economicthought]

New book: Aristotle’s Economics: Ethics and Exchange, by David Reisman
https://t.co/Bd2dmy7uJZ

[Economics and Ethics @econandethics]

https://t.co/z5KrPXe3Zg

[The PPE Society @theppesociety]

SAVE THE DATE!

We are very excited to announce the dates for the upcoming Eighth Annual PPE Society Meeting, to be held in New Orleans, LA! Mark your calendars for November 14-16, 2024, when we will again be joining at the Westin New Orleans. More information to come!

[Economic thought @economicthought]

A new issue of Œconomia ­­– History / Methodology / Philosophy is available now. This is a special issue on The Computerization of Economics. It also features a symposium on Elisabeth Popp Berman's book (Thinking Like an Economist).

https://t.co/9IfoVkV1Sx

[Economic thought @economicthought]

CfP: for a special issue of Metodo on Philosophy and/of economics
https://t.co/9TMG34yeKc

[Economic thought @economicthought]

New book: In Search of a Moral Foundation for Capitalism: From Adam Smith to Amartya Sen, by Douglas E. Stevens

https://t.co/8IjCOlWm9f

[Economic thought @economicthought]

Forthcoming: Adam Smith’s Theory of Value and Distribution: Economics as a Moral Science Once Again, by Jeffrey T. Young

https://t.co/uee5kZVeJH

[Economic thought @economicthought]

Seminar: Description, Evaluation and Prescription in Economics and Philosophy, a research seminar at the Collège International de Philosophie / Centre Walras-Pareto

September 2023 - June 2024 | online

https://t.co/pYfnnqP3RR

[Economic thought @economicthought]

Article: Theorising public expenditures: welfare theorems, market failures, and the turn from “public finance” to “public economics”, by Steven G. Medema

https://t.co/nGtyYdLwdD

[Paolo Silvestri @paolosilvest]

My new paper "Luigi Einaudi’s ‘Scienza delle Finanze’ or the science of good government", just published on line: https://t.co/ybc1O5myCd
soon in a special issue of EJHET (edited by @maxime_dt, Marianne Johnson, & Richard Sturn: heartfelt thanks! for their useful comments).

[Danielle Guizzo @danielle_guizzo]

Are economists interested in ethics and moral philosophy? Carles Paré-Ogg and I explore interdisciplinary exchanges between public economists and John Rawls in the US in an article fresh from the oven at the European J. of the History of Economic Thought: 🧵👇

[Economic thought @economicthought]

Article: Welfare, state, and values: the winding road of the normative approach to inequality measurement (1912–1970), by Ignacio Hauser

https://t.co/blG6eRqtEy

[Paul Lewis @PaulLew16394851]

The Hand Behind the Invisible Hand: Reflections on a Recurring Theme in Classical Liberal Political Economy | Contributions to Political Economy | Now open access! https://t.co/zfL1LAGhv6