Would you agree that a worthwhile concept of optimality would imply that there are no Pareto improvements that can be made to an optimum? (Though the optimum may not be Pareto superior to all alternatives.)
Yes, within the assumptions of the Pareto model.
Would you agree that a worthwhile concept of optimality would imply that there are no Pareto improvements that can be made to an optimum? (Though the optimum may not be Pareto superior to all alternatives.)
Yes, within the assumptions of the Pareto model.