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A Difficulty in the Concept of Social Welfare

Kenneth J. Arrow · Journal of Political Economy, 58(4), 328–346 · 1950

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Kenneth J. Arrow
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DOI 10.1086/256963
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2026-09-01

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EstablishedArrow's theorem shows that with more than two alternatives no social welfare function satisfies unrestricted domain, social ordering, weak Pareto, independence of irrelevant alternatives and non-dictatorship together.