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The following is an edited transcript of an interview conducted on March 4, 1986, with Professor Arrow while he was visiting Syracuse University to deliver the Frank W. Abrams Lecture Series to be published as The Uncertain Future and Present Action by Syracuse University Press.
This chapter was previously published in the journal Social Choice and Welfare (1987) 4:43–62.
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Kelly, J.S. (2021). Kenneth J. Arrow. In: Fleurbaey, M., Salles, M. (eds) Conversations on Social Choice and Welfare Theory - Vol. 1. Studies in Choice and Welfare. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62769-0_2
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