The most systematic such method is the ‘social welfare function’ (SWF ... policy is to use a discounted-utilitarian SWF 3. Its formula sums individual well-being numbers multiplied by a ...

researchers from the University of Georgia and San Diego State University report for the first time that social exclusion actually causes changes in a person's brain function and can lead to poor ...

This paper applies the concept of social opportunity function to ascertain the inclusiveness of growth episodes in selected African countries. Premised on the concept of social welfare function, ...