Unlike the papers of some other great economists, those of Kenneth Arrow are being read and studied today with even greater care and attention than when they first appeared in the journals. The publication of his collected papers will therefore be welcomed by economists and other social scientists and in particular by graduate students, who can draw from them the deep knowledge and the discernment in selection of scientific problems that only a master can offer. The author has added headnotes to certain well-known papers, describing how he came to write them.

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A past president of the American Economic Association, Kenneth J. Arrow was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science in 1972.

Read More by Kenneth J. Arrow:

• Collected Papers of Kenneth J. Arrow, Volume 1, Social Choice and Justice
• Collected Papers of Kenneth J. Arrow, Volume 3, Individual Choice under Certainty and Uncertainty
• Collected Papers of Kenneth J. Arrow, Volume 4, The Economics of Information
• Collected Papers of Kenneth J. Arrow, Volume 5, Production and Capital
• Collected Papers of Kenneth J. Arrow, Volume 6, Applied Economics