• The tyranny puzzle in social preferences: an empirical investigation 

      Cowell, Frank A.; Fleurbaey, Marc; Tungodden, Bertil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      When forming their preferences about the distribution of income, rational people may be caught between two opposite forms of “tyranny.” Giving absolute priority to the worst-off imposes a sort of tyranny on the rest of the ...