An Interview with Kenneth J. Arrow Author(s): J. S. Kelly and Kenneth J. Arrow Source: Social Choice and Welfare, Vol. 4, No. 1 (1987), pp. 43-62 Published by: Springer Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41105852 . Accessed: 27/09/2013 14:15 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Springer is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Social Choice and Welfare. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 150.135.135.70 on Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:15:11 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions " Soc Choice Welfare 4 : 43-62 Z (1987) Social# Choice ^Welfare © Springer-Verlag 1987 An Interviewwith Kenneth J. Arrow J. S. Kelly Departmentof Economics,Syracuse University, Maxwell Hall, Syracuse,NY 13210, USA The followingis an editedtranscript of an interviewconducted on March 4, 1986 withProfessor Arrow while he was visitingSyracuse University to deliverthe Frank W. Abrams LectureSeries to be publishedas The UncertainFuture and Present Action by Syracuse UniversityPress. This interviewwas to elaborate on his description,presented in Volume 1 of his CollectedPapers (Harvard University Press,1983), of the originsof his work in collectivechoice theory.