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The ideas summarized here are discussed at greater length in Dialogue on Wealth and Welfare — a Report to the Club of Rome (Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1980, 380 pages). French edition: Dialogue sur la Richesse et le Bien-Etre (Paris, Economica, 1981); Italian edition: Dialogo sulla Ricchezza e il Benessere (Milano, Mondadori-EST, 1981); Japanese edition by Diamond, Tokyo, 1981.
This paper was originally presented at the seventh Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists, University of Nottingham, September 1980. The author is also indebted to Peter Franklin and Henri Loubergé for their helpful remarks and suggestions. Neither of them is, however, responsible for the views expressed or any errors therein.
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Giarini, O. Some Considerations on the Activity of Insurance Business and its Relevance for a General Reassessment of Economic Theory. Geneva Pap Risk Insur Issues Pract 6, 84–103 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1057/gpp.1981.24
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