Wealth and Welfare

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Wealth and Welfare is a foundational economics book by Arthur Cecil Pigou that develops the theory of welfare economics and examines how government intervention can improve social well-being.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
economics book
non-fiction book
academicDiscipline economics
welfare economics
author A. C. Pigou
Arthur Cecil Pigou
centralTheme conditions under which economic welfare is maximized
how government intervention can improve social well-being
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
field economics
welfare economics
genre academic literature
hasImpactOn economic policy analysis
public finance theory
theory of government intervention
hasPart analysis of the national dividend
discussion of economic welfare and its measurement
discussion of government remedies for market failures
treatment of externalities and divergences between private and social net product
influenced The Economics of Welfare
modern welfare economics
public economics
language English
notableFor analysis of divergences between private and social net product
early systematic treatment of welfare economics
foundation for Pigouvian taxation
publicationYear 1912
publisher Macmillan
relatedConcept Pigouvian tax
relatedWork The Economics of Welfare
subject economic efficiency
economic welfare
externalities
government intervention in the economy
income distribution
marginal utility
market failures
national dividend
social justice
social welfare
taxation
targetAudience economists
policy makers
students of economics
timePeriodDescribed early 20th century economy

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