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The Myth of “the Efficiency Criterion” in Economic Science
“Efficiency” is the marvellous concept based on which almost all economists build their judgements and theories since forever. But the way in which the efficiency argument has been used explains many of today’s bad aspects. Using “the efficiency criterion” on state policies has insurmountable scientific limitations. Ignoring them, due to lack of knowledge or rather out of interest, easily led
Why Marginal Utility Can Never Be Negative
Nowadays, there is no mainstream economics textbook that won’t dedicate entire pages, full with theory and applications, to the various formalized analyses of utility. “Objective functions” that can be wonderfully derived, mathematical algorithms that have an impeccable sequence, sophisticated graphics with or without inflection points and so on, all these make up an entire teaching
