Using Economics as a Moral Compass
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Andrew C. Brod, Director, Center for Business & Economic Research (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: I recently came across a statement that caught my eye: "An economist is someone who believes as a matter of moral justice that the
infant-mortality rate should be positive."
Such provocative statements are love poems to economists. We like to see ourselves as purveyors of uncomfortable and surprising truths. It's the Freakonomics mentality.
Using Economics as a Moral Compass
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- Publication
- Brod, Andrew (2010). Using Economics as a Moral Compass. The Business Journal. Feb. 26- Mar. 4, 2010; 27
- Language: English
- Date: 2010
- Keywords
- Economics, Libertarianism, Amoral, Morality, Constraints