Kenneth Joseph Arrow. 23 August 1921—21 February 2017

Abstract

Kenneth Arrow was a mathematical economist and political scientist who made many ground-breaking contributions to the theory of economics and social values. His great mathematical ability led him to introduce new approaches to theoretical economics and in particular to a series of fundamental theorems in the discipline. These included the Arrow Impossibility Theorem, the two fundamental theorems of welfare economics and the existence of a competitive equilibrium. For these and many other contributions he was awarded the 1972 Nobel Prize in Economics shared with Sir John Hicks. He took a particular interest in computation and computability in economics. He was active and very productive as a researcher for over seven decades and was renowned as a generous and inspiring teacher and colleague.

Economics and Art Theory

“…For a biographical article on Kenneth Arrow, seeVelupillai (2019).15 Arrow is acknowledged in the preface of Tarski's 1941 book, Introduction to Logic and to the Methodology of Deductive Sciences, for his help with proofreading the English translation.…”