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social choice and individual behavior

What is the content of Arrow impossibility theorem? What is the voting paradox? Why does Sen believe that aside of inconsistencies voting is not a promising method to make decisions concerning income distribution?

--(sen refers to Amartya Sen from his book "development as freedom")

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