Collected Papers of Kenneth J. Arrow: Social choice and justice

Collected Papers of Kenneth J. Arrow: Social choice and justice
Author: Kenneth Joseph Arrow
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1983
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780674137608

Arrow takes up the basic question of whether collective choices can reflect individual preferences. The seminal 1950 paper that opens the volume shows that given reasonable conditions that social choices must satisfy to reflect individual preferences, it is impossible to make a choice among alternatives without violating some of the conditions.

Individual Choice Under Certainty and Uncertainty

Individual Choice Under Certainty and Uncertainty
Author: Kenneth Joseph Arrow
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1984
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780674137622

The third volume of Arrow's Collected Papers concerns the basic concept of rationality as it applies to an economic decision maker. In particular, it addresses the problem of choice faced by consumers in a multicommodity world and presents specific models of choice useful in economic analysis. It also discusses choice models under uncertainty.

Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare

Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare
Author: Kenneth J. Arrow
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 985
Release: 2010-10-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0080929826

This second part of a two-volume set continues to describe economists' efforts to quantify the social decisions people necessarily make and the philosophies that those choices define. Contributors draw on lessons from philosophy, history, and other disciplines, but they ultimately use editor Kenneth Arrow's seminal work on social choice as a jumping-off point for discussing ways to incentivize, punish, and distribute goods. Develops many subjects from Volume 1 (2002) while introducing new themes in welfare economics and social choice theory Features four sections: Foundations, Developments of the Basic Arrovian Schemes, Fairness and Rights, and Voting and Manipulation Appeals to readers who seek introductions to writings on human well-being and collective decision-making Presents a spectrum of material, from initial insights and basic functions to important variations on basic schemes

The Idea of Justice

The Idea of Justice
Author: Amartya Sen
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2011-05-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0674060474

Presents an analysis of what justice is, the transcendental theory of justice and its drawbacks, and a persuasive argument for a comparative perspective on justice that can guide us in the choice between alternatives.

Rationality and Freedom

Rationality and Freedom
Author: Amartya Sen
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 756
Release: 2004-03-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780674013513

Rationality and freedom are among the most profound and contentious concepts in philosophy and the social sciences. In this, the first of two volumes, Amartya Sen brings clarity and insight to these difficult issues.