Finding a balanced solution among the various parties involved can be tricky, especially when the problem concerns indivisible quantities. Suppose three individuals, A, B and C, must divide a collection of six objects worth €325, €225, €210, €115, €75 and €50 respectively. The collection is therefore worth €1,000 in total, but it cannot be divided into three equal shares. What can be done?
Left: Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877–1959).
Right: Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton (1887–1962).
Reducing inequalities
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