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Welfare economics is the branch of economics that seeks to evaluate policies in terms of their effects on wellbeing.

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Is anyone here a philosopher or economist working on the interpersonal comparison problem?
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Philosophy Bear
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Critique of OpenPhil's macroeconomic policy advocacy
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Smart Movements Start Academic Disciplines
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Altruism and Development - It's complicated...
DavidNash
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Animals in Cost-Benefit Analysis
Vasco Grilo🔸
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Call for Abstracts: Economics of Animal Welfare Conference @ Paris School of Economics
Bob Fischer
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Is it time for development economists to start considering the welfare of non-human animals?
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Welfare Estimation 201: Understanding Life-Valuation Variability
Richard Bruns
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Studies / reports on increased wellbeing for extreme poor
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Aryeh Englander
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Economics, prioritisation, and pro-rich bias  
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Issues with Using Willingness-to-Pay as a Primary Tool for Welfare Analysis
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Valuing Leisure Time
Richard Bruns
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Reducing Transaction Costs, or Coasean Effective Altruism
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What you really mean when you claim to support “UBI for job automation”: Part 1
Deric Cheng
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The two-tiered society
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