Thus we seem to be on the verge of an expansion of welfare economics into something like a social science of ethics and politics: what was intended to be a mere porch to ethics is either the whole house or nothing at all. In so laying down its life welfare economics may be able to contribute some of its insights and analytical methods to a much broader evaluative analysis of the whole social process.


p. 34. (rev. ed. 1948) cited in: J.P. Roos (1973) Welfare Theory and Social Policy: A Study in Policy Science - Nummer 4. p. 102 - Economic Analysis, 1941

Kenneth Boulding Quotes

Thus we seem to be on the verge of an expansion of welfare economics into something like a social science of ethics and politics: what was intended...

Thus we seem to be on the verge of an expansion of welfare economics into something like a social science of ethics and politics: what was intended...

Thus we seem to be on the verge of an expansion of welfare economics into something like a social science of ethics and politics: what was intended...

Thus we seem to be on the verge of an expansion of welfare economics into something like a social science of ethics and politics: what was intended...