On 5/9/05, Robert Scott Gassler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you referring to the Arrow impossibility theorem? Samuelson says that > the theorem does not refer to a social-welfare function but to a voting > rule. If you go back to the original Bergson article (written under the > pseudonym Burke), you find the social welfare function formulated in a way > that makes it virtually impossible to refute.
Where does Samuelson say so? Do you mean Bergson's "Reformulation" article, QJE, 1938? Best, Julio
