There is an irreductible conflict between, on the one hand, the desire to allocate income in society in an equitable way and, on the other, the desire to alleviate poverty. The conflict materializes itself in the problem of designing a basic income (or negative income tax) system which requires...

Large e-commerce retailers and department stores function as marketplaces for millions of sellers, and consumers rely on the platform's assortment and display decisions to examine different sellers and make purchase decisions. Traditionally, the primary objective of these marketplaces for...