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Laissez-faire versus Pareto∗

Consider two principles for social evaluation. The first, ‘laissez-faire’, says that mean-preserving redistribution away from laissez-faire incomes should be regarded as a social worsening. This principle captures a key aspect of liberal political philosophy. The second, weak Pareto, states that an increase in each individual’s disposable income should be regarded as a social improvement. We sh...

Faire bonne figure avec Mlpost

This article introduces MLPOST, an OCaml library for scientific drawing. It is based on METAPOST, which allows inclusion of LTEX fragments. OCaml is an appealing alternative to LTEX macro languages, dedicated languages and even to graphic tools. In particular, MLPOST users benefit from OCaml’s expressiveness and static typing. Finally, MLPOST features a declarative style, which differs from the...

Notre Dame Precollege Program

Walter Somerville-notre ami britannique.

Le rapprochement entre les societes francaise et britannique de cardiologie que Walter Somerville a encourage de toute sa forte personnalite et qui s'est a plusieurs reprises concretise en depassant la simple "entente cordiale" pour devenir une solide amitie entre collegues cardiologues, qui n'ont plus ete separes ni par le Channel ni par la langue, m'inci;e a exprimer au President sortant de l...

The Voice of Notre Dame

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