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Pareto Optimality
This entry explains the notion of Pareto optimality (after Vilfredo Pareto [1848–1923], the Italian economist, sociologist, and engineer), the normativity of Pareto-optimal outcomes, the function of economic actors' revealed preferences, and the role of Pareto optimality in ...
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