Is Wealth Ethically Relevant? (The Economist's Fallacy)

An explanation of the argument presented in our book "Are All Lives Equal? Why Cost Benefit Analysis Values Rich Lives More and How Philosophy Can Fix It" arguing that economists illegitimately weight the preferences of the wealthy more and that such a practice is unethical.

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