| 单词 | interpersonal comparisons |
| 释义 | interpersonal comparisons Comparing the welfare of one individual with that of another. This raises problems in economics analogous to the dispute over cardinal and ordinal utility. For exact interpersonal comparisons to be possible, it would be necessary to measure people's utility levels, which is notoriously not possible. If no interpersonal comparisons are acceptable, however, then it becomes impossible to explain why society should tax the rich to help the starving or homeless, rather than taxing the poor to subsidize the rich. Economists are forced to argue as though large differences in income make interpersonal comparisons possible, while small income differences do not, with the margin between large and small differences left undefined. |
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