Module 6: Economic and utilitarian theories
  Lecture 15: Utility and Economic Theory
 

QUESTIONS AND EXERCISE

  • What are various concepts of utility?

  • Why are the less developed countries more rigidly stratified and more unequal than the developed countries?

  • What are the weaknesses of utilitarianism in economics?

  • Give two instances of how the sum of individual happiness is not an indicator of overall happiness?

  • What are indifference curves?

  • What is the difference between total utility and marginal utility?

  • Distinguish between the concept of cardinal utility and the concept of ordinal utility?

  • According to Mishan what are two essential attributes of welfare criterion?

  • Distinguish between use value and exchange value.

  • What are the implications of debate on utilitarianism for improvement of society?