Arrow's view was very controversial.
We must conclude that Arrow's work has no relevance to the
traditional theory of welfare economics, which culminates in the
Bergson-Samuelson formulation.
Little (1952, p. 141)
I agree with Little in barring Arrow's theorem from
welfare economics.
Bergson (1954, p. 247)
I export Arrow from economics to politics because I do not
believe that he has proved the impossibility of the traditional
Bergson welfare function of economics, even though many of his less
expert readers seem inevitably drawn into thinking so.
Samuelson (1967)
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