Jorge Ivan Gonzalez () (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
Abstract
William Vickrey, Nobel Laureate in 1996, made many significant contributions to economics. Paradoxically, his work can be considered both as the epitome of orthodoxy and as profoundly heterodox. This article reviews some of Vickrey’s major writings in fields as varied as the macroeconomics of full employment, the substantive normative implications of microeconomics, welfare economics, public economics, pricing under conditions of decreasing marginal costs, and urban economics. Two strains run through Vickrey’s thought: the concept of the reasonable (as distinguished from the rational); and a pervasive ethical concern for the welfare of the other
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Article provided by Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Economicas, Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Universidad de Antioquia, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad del Valle, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia in its journal Colombian Economic Journal.
Volume (Year): 2 (2004) Issue (Month): 1 (November) Pages: 45-79 Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML
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