Elements of pure economics, or, The theory of social wealth / Leon Walras ; [translated by William Jaffe].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walras, Léon, 1834-1910, author.

Contributor:

Jaffé, William.

Series:

History of economic thought ; 20.

Routledge library editions. Economics

History of economic thought ; 20

Standardized Title:

Eléments d'économie politique pure. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics.

Economics, Mathematical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1182 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

The theory of social wealth

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<EM>Elements of Pure Economics</EM> 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.<BR> <BR>

Contents:

part 1. Object and divisions of political and social economy

part 2. Theory of exchange of two commodities for each other

part 3. Theory of exchange of several commodities for one another

part 4. Theory of production

part 5. Theory of capital formation ['capitalisation'] and credit

part 6. Theory of circulation and money

part 7. Conditions and consequences of economic progress. Critique of systems of pure economics

part 8. Price fixing, monopoly, taxation.

Notes:

"First published in 1954"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 13, 2013).

ISBN:

1-134-56002-8

0-415-60731-0

1-315-88895-5

1-134-55995-X

9781315888958

OCLC:

870591338