Question

Neil Smith of FiveThirtyEight used James Harden's sixty-point triple-double to illustrate a concept named for this economist. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this economist who names an “optimality” where one metric cannot be improved without sacrificing another. This economist also theorized the “80/20” rule.
ANSWER: Vilfredo Pareto [accept Pareto optimality; accept Pareto equilibrium; accept Pareto-efficiency; accept Pareto principle]
[10m] Every outcome is Pareto-efficient in these games. Sion’s theorem and Parasarathy’s theorem generalize John von Neumann's minimax theorem, which describes these games.
ANSWER: zero-sum games
[10h] This economist proved that a situation with the unrestrictedness condition, liberalism, and Pareto optimality is impossible. This economist introduced that namesake “paradox” in Collective Choice and Social Welfare.
ANSWER: Amartya Sen [accept Sen's paradox]
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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y220.00100%100%0%
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WUSTLVanderbilt A100010