 Implications of Non-Monetary Objectives in the Agricultural Policy of the European CommunityGunther Weinschenck
A chapter in Agriculture and International Relations, 1985, pp 135-151 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract My reflections are related to the plea by Michael Petit, put forward in his contribution to this volume, to discard the concept of the social utility function. Petit argues that the course of the agricultural policy in the European Community is not determined by the desire of the decision-making institutions to maximise some kind of social utility, but by the need to find a tolerable compromise between the conflicting interests of the participating groups. Even scientific economists, so argues Petit, would not be able to determine a social utility function with respect to the Community’s common agricultural policy. The results of the analyses are always biased by their respective national interests, thus proving Popper’s famous remark: ‘Take subjective value judgement away from a social scientist and you will take away his personality.’ Keywords: Agricultural Sector; Agricultural Policy; Social Market Economy; Common Property Resource; Ecological Restriction (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-07981-0_8 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-07981-0_8 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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