Vital Minimum: Need, Science, and Politics in Modern France by Dana Simmons

Vital Minimum: Need, Science, and Politics in Modern France

Dana Simmons

240 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
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What constitutes a need? Who gets to decide what people do or do not need? In modern France, scientists, both amateur and professional, were engaged in defining and measuring human needs. These scientists did not trust in a providential economy to...

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