This volume presents interviews that have been conducted from the 1980s to the present with important scholars of social choice and welfare theory. Starting with a brief history of social choice and welfare theory written by the book editors, it features 15 conversations with four Nobel...

A Brief History of Social Choice and Welfare Theory -- Kenneth J. Arrow -- John C. Harsanyi -- Paul A. Samuelson -- Amartya K. Sen -- Salvador Barberà -- John Broome -- Gabrielle Demange -- David Donaldson -- Peter C. Fishburn -- Allan Gibbard -- Peter J. Hammond -- Prasanta K. Pattanaik --...