The combined Kaldor-Hicks criterion ... can be non-transitive (A may be an improvement over B, and B over C, but A may not be an improvement over C).
Nothing to add. I thought it was worthy of being thrown into the mix.
We should introduce that reasoning into the legal profession. That would teach all those ambulance-chasing damage lawwers: as long as your clients could in principle be compensated for the damage done to them, there's no need for the court to impose any penalties. guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
A is the FATHER of B B is the FATHER of C C IsNot the FATHER of A