Publications [#285701] of Kevin D. Hoover

Journal Articles

1. Hoover, KD, The vanity of the economist: A comment on Peart and Levy's the "Vanity of the Philosopher", American Journal of Economics and Sociology, vol. 67 no. 3 (July, 2008), pp. 445-453, WILEY, ISSN 0002-9246 [repository], [doi]
   (last updated on 2024/04/15)

   Author's Comments:
   Also published in book form in Laurence S. Moss, editor. Social Inequality, Analytical Egalitarianism and the March Towards Eugenic Explanations in the Social Sciences. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008, pp. 51-60..

   Abstract:
   In the Vanity of the Philosopher, Sandra Peart and David Levy reconsider "postclassical" economics from the vantage point of Adam Smith's "analytical" egalitarianism. Analytical egalitarianism is assumed, not proved; and Peart and Levy's criticisms of many 19th- and early 20th-century economists, as well as eugenics in general, depend on equivocating between analytical and substantive egalitarianism. They fail to provide a non-question-begging critique of eugenics. © 2008 American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Inc.