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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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11Is anyone here a philosopher or economist working on the interpersonal comparison problem?Q

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133Critique of OpenPhil's macroeconomic policy advocacy

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120Smart Movements Start Academic Disciplines

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44Altruism and Development - It's complicated...

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12Welfare Estimation 201: Understanding Life-Valuation Variability

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5Studies / reports on increased wellbeing for extreme poorQ

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5Economics, prioritisation, and pro-rich bias

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26Issues with Using Willingness-to-Pay as a Primary Tool for Welfare AnalysisQ

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23Reducing Transaction Costs, or Coasean Effective Altruism

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23Valuing Leisure Time

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6The Wages of North-Atlantic Bias

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3Fairtrade and its criticism

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