CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

PRASANTA K. PATTANAIK

PART I:  THE LECTURES

OPENING REMARKS

JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ

ARROW AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY THEOREM

AMARTYA SEN

THE ARROW IMPOSSIBILITY THEOREM: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

ERIC MASKIN

COMMENTARY

KENNETH J. ARROW

PART II:  SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

THE INFORMATIONAL BASIS OF SOCIAL CHOICE

AMARTYA SEN

ON THE ROBUSTNESS OF MAJORITY RULE

PARTHA DASGUPTA AND ERIC MASKIN

THE ORIGINS OF THE IMPOSSIBILITY THEOREM

KENNETH J. ARROW

Notes on Contributors