Cursed Rhetoric

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University of Canterbury. Department of Economics and Finance
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2011
Authors
Crampton, E.
Abstract

While public health interventions ensuring clean water and decent sewerage have been massively beneficial, more recent advocacy work crosses the line from policies generally meant to further the public interest to those removing individual autonomy. Worse, public health use of market failure as justification for intervention does severe violence to economists' understanding of the concept.

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Crampton, E. (2011) Cursed Rhetoric. The New Zealand Medical Journal, 124(1329), pp. 9-12.
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paternalism, health economics, fat taxes, market failure, Amartya Sen
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Fields of Research::38 - Economics::3801 - Applied economics::380108 - Health economics
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