@article{Harper:283649,
      recid = {283649},
      author = {Harper, Wilmer M. and Tweeten, Luther},
      title = {SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES OF RURAL QUALITY OF LIFE: A  PROXY FOR MEASURING THE MARGINAL UTILITY OF INCOME},
      address = {1977-07},
      number = {2177-2019-380},
      pages = {17},
      year = {1977},
      abstract = {Economics has been defined as the science of allocating  scarce means among competing ends. Ultimate ends to be  achieved in so far as possible may be defined as  well-being, satisfaction, utility, or quality of life. It  has become fashionable to divaricate economics into  dimensions of efficiency and equity. Defined as increasing  the size of the "pie" of goods and services, efficiency has  received the lion's share of attention by economists --its  study has been viewed as objective, precise and  respectable.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/283649},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.283649},
}