Social Choice, Welfare, and Ethics
Subtitle: Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium in Economic Theory and Econometrics (International Symposia in Economic Theory and Econometrics)
Contributors: William A. Barnett (Editor); Hervé Moulin (Editor); Maurice Salles (Editor); Norman J. Schofield (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 27, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9780521026215
Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; Economics - Theory; Business & Economics; Sociology; Business/Economics; Economic History; Sociology - General; Business & Economics / Economic History; Business & Economics / Economics / Theory; Business & Economics-Economic History; Social Science-Sociology - General; Social choice--Congresses; Social choice--Congresses Social choice--Cong
First sentence: It is well known that some of the post-1951 themes in social choice were anticipated by isolated and misunderstood scholars, notably Condorcet and Borda in the late eighteenth century and Nanson and Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) in the late nineteenth.