See Also: Pareto(dictionary)
Pareto principle(finance)
Pareto, Vilfredo(encyclopedia)

Pareto (iou)



Pareto noun. E20.
[Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923), Italian economist and sociologist.]
Used attrib. and in possess. with ref. to the theories or methods of Pareto, esp. the law or formula by which he claimed to be able to express the income distribution of any society.
Comb.: Pareto-optimal adjective pertaining to or designating a distribution of wealth etc. such that any redistribution beneficial to one individual is detrimental to one or more others.