The Ethics of Political Economy: Pigou in the Public Sphere
The career of Arthur Cecil Pigou was marked by a clearly articulated project of public economic enlightenment initiated in 1903 and sustained into the mid-1950s. We argue as follows: Pigou held that in the British polity of his time, citizens were indirectly but ultimately responsible for economic p...
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Nahid Aslanbeigui [VerfasserIn] Guy Oakes [VerfasserIn] |
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Electronic Article |
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English ; French |
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2019 |
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In: Œconomia - Association Œconomia, 2016, 9(2019), 2, Seite 237-263 |
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volume:9 ; year:2019 ; number:2 ; pages:237-263 |
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https://doi.org/10.4000/oeconomia.5660 [kostenfrei] https://doaj.org/article/8aa6ded8134149539304396706b171d8 [kostenfrei] http://journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/5660 [kostenfrei] Journal toc [kostenfrei] |
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10.4000/oeconomia.5660 |
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DOAJ002573490 |
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