KnowraArrow's impossibility theoremLinked fromLinked fromThe 16 pages that link to Arrow's impossibility theorem, each with the reason it gives.All 16Broader topic 2Related 8Compared with 6Social welfare functionCompared with: It limits preference-based social rankings, while a welfare function may use richer information than ordinal rankings.Amartya SenCompared with: Sen extended the debate over whether fair collective rankings can meet demanding formal conditions.Median voter theoremCompared with: It highlights broader limits on aggregating preferences beyond the theorem's restricted setting.Fundamental theorems of welfare economicsCompared with: It highlights limits on deriving social choices from individual preferences, a question the welfare theorems leave open.May's theoremCompared with: May's positive result depends on having only two alternatives.Liberal paradoxCompared with: Both are impossibility results, but Arrow’s conditions and the source of conflict differ.