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‘Human betterment’ is one of those concepts the importance of which is in no way diminished by its vagueness. As we move from the simpler systems of the exact sciences into the study of complex systems, especially of human systems, the real world that we are studying itself becomes more and more vague. It is a great mistake to be clear in our minds about a vague reality.
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Notes
J. M. Keynes, Essays in Biography ( London: Macmillan, 1933 ) p. 144.
Herbert Stein, The Fiscal Revolution in America ( Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969 ) p. 162.
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Boulding, K.E. (1984). How do Things go from Bad to Better? the Contribution of Economics. In: Boulding, K.E. (eds) The Economics of Human Betterment. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17538-3_1
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