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Kenneth Joseph Arrow

(b. 1921) American economist


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(1921– ).

Leading theorist of social choice, winner of a Nobel Prize in 1972. In Social Choice and Individual Values (1951), Arrow studied the determination of rational choice at the collective ...

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Arrow, Kenneth Joseph (1921–)
in The Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers Length: 700 words
Arrow, Kenneth Joseph (1921)
in The Encyclopedia of the History of American Management Length: 1014 words
Arrow, Kenneth (1921–)
in Dictionary of the Social Sciences Length: 396 words
Arrow, Kenneth Joseph (1921– )
in The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (2) Length: 147 words

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