Collective choice and social welfare / Amartya Sen.
Collective choice and social welfare / Amartya Sen.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
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G 2020/0642
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English
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xxxvii, 601 pages ; 22 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Preface (1970) -- New preface (2017) -- New introduction (2017) -- Collective Choice and Social Welfare (1970). Introduction -- Preference relations -- Unanimity -- Collective choice rules and pareto comparisons -- Collective rationality -- Social welfare functions -- Choice versus orderings -- Soci...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
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Expanded edition ; First Harvard University Press edition.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2017.
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"'Can the values which individual members of society attach to different alternatives be aggregated into values for society as a whole, in a way that is both fair and theoretically sound? Is the majority principle a workable rule for making decisions? How should income inequality be measured? When and how can we compare the distribution of welfare...
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Collective choice and social welfare / Amartya Sen.
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"Original edition first published by Penguin Books Ltd, London"--Title page verso.
"First Harvard University Press edition, 2017"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-566) and index.
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G 2020/0642
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0674919211 (pbk.)
9780674971608 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0674971604
9780674919211 (pbk.)
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302.35
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991024291018902626
