On the shoulders of giants: from Lange (1934) to Samuelson (1938) on the "unique" measure of utility.
This contribution discusses Samuelson's reply to Lange's paper (1934) on the unique measure of utility. It proposes an interpretation of the debate drawing on the theory of scales later introduced by Stevens in 1946. This shows that, contrary to an intuitive perception, their divergence on the possi...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of the History of Economic Thought Vol. 29; no. 6; pp. 1125 - 1146 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2022
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