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We are grateful to Daniel Andler, Claude d’Aspremont, Richard Bradley, Franz Dietrich, Marc Fleurbaey, François Maniquet, and especially to Antoine Billot, Brian Hill, Bertrand Munier, Alain Trannoy, and John Weymark for their comments.  We also thank Françoise Forges for providing the photo, and for kindly agreeing to read a draft of the text.

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Baccelli, J., Pivato, M. Philippe Mongin (1950–2020). Theory Decis 90, 1–9 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11238-020-09789-7

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