Vilfredo Pareto

Thinkers1848 to 1923Economist and sociologist

Works

  • Cours d'économie politique, F. Rouge, Lausanne, two volumes, 1896 to 1897, 1896

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Known for

An Italian economist of the Lausanne school who found that the distribution of income across many countries followed a regular power law, with a small share of people holding a large share of income and land. Joseph Juran later generalized the observation as the Pareto principle; Pareto is also known for Pareto efficiency.

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