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Kenneth Joseph Arrow
American
Economist
About the author
In 1963 and later papers, I pointed out that the special market characteristics of medical care and medical insurance could be explained by reference to differences in information among the parties involved.
Kenneth Joseph Arrow,
American
Economist
#Information
#Care
#Medical
My assignment was exclusively in the research field, and my first published paper, On the Optimal Use of Winds for Flight Planning, was the outgrowth of that work.
Kenneth Joseph Arrow,
American
Economist
#Work
#First
#Research
#Planning
My graduate study was interrupted, like that of many others, by World War II.
Kenneth Joseph Arrow,
American
Economist
#Study
#World
#War
#World war
My research, even before 1972, moved in directions beyond those cited for the Nobel Memorial Prize. Most of it, in one way or another, deals with information as an economic variable, both as to its production and as to its use.
Kenneth Joseph Arrow,
American
Economist
#Information
#Research
#Production
#Deals
My undergraduate education, at the City College in New York, was made possible only by the existence of that excellent free institution and the financial sacrifices of my parents.
Kenneth Joseph Arrow,
American
Economist
#Education
#Parents
#College
#Existence
#Financial