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'Prioritarianism is, broadly speaking, the ethical principle of decision-making in which we give extra weight to the needs of the most deprived. What makes Prioritarianism in Practice a valuable book is that it is a stocktaking of the philosophy and economics of prioritarianism and includes a series of chapters that show how these ideas can help us navigate the challenges we currently face - from health economics and policy, and climate change and interventions to combat inequality of opportunity, through the nature of education needed in this new world, to an excellent, topical chapter on Prioriarianism and the COVID-19 Pandemic. The book serves as a single source for the philosophy of prioritarianism and its real-world applications.' Kaushik Basu, Cornell University 'The book serves as a single source for the philosophy of prioritarianism and its real-world applications. The first two chapters, by Matthew Adler and Ole Norheim and by Matthew Adler, respectively, constitute a masterly survey of this important subject. … The engaging chapters on education and prioritarianism and health policy and prioritarianism, for instance, will be of great interest to economic theorists and welfare economists, but they will also be of interest to the policymaker.' Kaushik Basu, Journal of Economic Literature '… a good reference book, particularly indicated to post-graduate students and all scholars interested in the conception of policies.' Stefano Solari, History of Economic Thought and Policy

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Matthew D. Adler is Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy, and Public Policy at Duke University. He is the author of Measuring Social Welfare (2019) and Well-Being and Fair Distribution: Beyond Cost-Benefit Analysis (2012). Ole F. Norheim is Professor of Medical Ethics at University of Bergen, Norway and Adjunct Professor of Global Health at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

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