Conversations on Social Choice and Welfare Theory - Vol. 1 - Studies in Choice and Welfare 1st edition

This volume presents interviews that have been conducted from the 1980s to the present with important scholars of social choice and welfare theory. Starting with a brief history of social choice and welfare theory written by the book editors, it features 15 conversations with four Nobel Laureates and other key scholars in the discipline.The volume is divided into two parts. The first part presents four conversations with the founding fathers of modern social choice and welfare theory: Kenneth Arrow, John Harsanyi, Paul Samuelson, and Amartya Sen. The second part includes conversations with scholars who made important contributions to the discipline from the early 1970s onwards. This book will appeal to anyone interested in the history of economics, and the history of social choice and welfare theory in particular.

List of contents

A Brief History of Social Choice and Welfare Theory.- Kenneth J. Arrow.- John C. Harsanyi.- Paul A. Samuelson.- Amartya K. Sen.- Salvador Barberà.- John Broome.- Gabrielle Demange.- David Donaldson.- Peter C. Fishburn.- Allan Gibbard.- Peter J. Hammond.- Prasanta K. Pattanaik.- John E. Roemer.- William Thomson.- John A. Weymark.

Product details

• Assisted by: Mar Fleurbaey (Editor), Marc Fleurbaey (Editor), Salles (Editor), Salles (Editor), Maurice Salles (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.03.2021
• EAN: 9783030627683
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3062768-3
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Print on demand; Studies in Choice and Welfare
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics