Welfare Economics: A Story of Existence

Khalid Iqbal

Romanian Economic Journal, 2017, vol. 20, issue 64, 75-83

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to explore that, despite severe challenges, welfare economics still exists. This descriptive study is conducted through some specific time line developments in this field. Economists are divided over the veracity and survival of the welfare economics. Welfare economics emphasizes on the optimum resource and goods allocation with the objective of better living standard, materialistic gains, social welfare and ethical decisions. It origins back to the political economics and utilitarianism. Adam Smith, Irving Fisher and Pareto contributed significantly towards it. During 1930 to 1940, American and British approaches were developed. Many economists tried to explore the relationship between level of income and happiness. Amartya Sen gave the comparative approach and Tinbergen pioneered the theory of equity. Contemporarily the futuristic restoration of welfare economics is on trial and hopes are alive. This study may be useful to understand the transitional and survival process of welfare economics.

Keywords: Welfare Economics; Utilitarianism; Comparative Approach; Equity; Capability Approach and Happiness. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D60 D80 D90 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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