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Diskussion/Discussion. The Pareto Principle and Policy Analysis

A Response to Warren Samuels’ ”The Pareto Principle: Another View” (Analyse & Kritik 1181)
  • Jürgen Backhaus
Published/Copyright: May 12, 2016
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Abstract

Warren Samuels has suggested that the Pareto Principle, when being used in policy analysis, is (1) limited, (2) selective, and (3) displays a conservative bias. In contrast to this view, in this note it is argued that the Pareto Principle is much less limited than was initially perceived (e.g. by Pareto himself) or is generally believed to be the case, that it tends to emphasize inclusiveness instead of selectivity, and that it is more likely to have an innovative instead of a conservative bias.

Published Online: 2016-05-12
Published in Print: 1981-11-01

© 1981 by Lucius & Lucius, Stuttgart

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