jks wrote, >That's what I meant by technical devices. However, commsurability is still >maintained,a nd you can't talk about Pareto optimality without it . . .
PO does _not_ require any interperson utility comparison (ie, commsurability); that is its beauty from the point of view of NC economics. And, PO is not a mere technical device, it is a fundamental rethinking of the notion of social welfare (from the odd mainstream idea of social welfare). Eric .
