Download This PaperAny Non-Individualistic Social Welfare Function Violates the Pareto Principle
8 Pages Posted: 18 Apr 2000 Last revised: 9 Oct 2022
Date Written: March 1999
Abstract
The public at large, many policymakers, and some economists hold views of social welfare that attach some importance to factors other than individuals' utilities. This note shows that any such non-individualistic notion of social welfare conflicts with the Pareto principle.
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