Elements of Pure Economics

Elements of Pure Economics
Author: Léon Walras
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2013-10-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134560028

Elements of Pure Economics was one of the most influential works in the history of economics, and the single most important contribution to the marginal revolution. Walras' theory of general equilibrium remains one of the cornerstones of economic theory more than 100 years after it was first published.

Léon Walras: Elements of Theoretical Economics

Léon Walras: Elements of Theoretical Economics
Author: Léon Walras
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 591
Release: 2014-10-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1316061728

In his fourth edition of Éléménts d'économie politique pure (1900), León Walras introduced the device of written pledges to eliminate path dependency: sellers of products and services write out commitments to supply certain quantities at suggested prices with no commodities actually produced and supplied until a set of prices is found at which supply and demand are equal simultaneously in every market. This brought about very serious alterations to the character of the book. Unfortunately, these changes resulted in an incomplete, internally contradictory, and occasionally incoherent text. This translation, therefore, by two leading scholars of León Walras' work, Donald A. Walker and Jan van Daal, revisits the third edition of this seminal work, including Walras' brilliant explanation of his comprehensive model, with all its richness derived from reality. Growing research into Walras' work indicates that it was this third edition that contained his best theoretical research and a translation of this edition of the book is now a necessity.

The Equilibrium Economics of Leon Walras

The Equilibrium Economics of Leon Walras
Author: Albert Jolink
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1993-09-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134989148

The authors examine Walras' general equilibrium models, tracing their development through his major work Elements of Pure Economics, and also placing them in the broader context of his design for optimal economic order.

Elements of Political Economy; 3rd

Elements of Political Economy; 3rd
Author: James 1773-1836 Mill
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2021-09-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781013446979

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Studies in Applied Economics

Studies in Applied Economics
Author: Léon Walras
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2008-01-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134280947

First Published in 2004. Studies in Applied Economics is an English translation of Études d’économie politique appliquée (1898) by Léon Walras (1834–1910). Until now, Éléments d’économie politique pure (1874) was the only book by Walras available in English (Elements of Pure Economics, 1954). It contains the theory of general economic equilibrium under free competition, with the concept of utility maximization as its core. Walras’s conclusion was that where free competition is possible, it should be the rule. So, in the present book, he advocates protective regulation, within which economic agents may compete freely. For water, gas or railway transport, for instance, where free competition is impossible, rules are formulated to maintain its advantages. Issues such as money, capital, credit, banking and the stock markets are also dealt with. The book’s final chapter recapitulates the themes of Walras’s three main works: Éléments, Études d’économie sociale and this volume, Études d’économie politique appliquée. Walras’s aim was to provide an economic blueprint for a social ideal where poverty and similar evils could be banished.

The Wealth of Ideas

The Wealth of Ideas
Author: Alessandro Roncaglia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 620
Release: 2005-04-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521843379

This 2005 book traces the history of economic thought from its prehistory to the present day.