Book notes: Finding Equilibrium, by Till Düppe & Roy Weintraub
An unusual book that describes the early mathematisation of economics
Till Düppe & Roy Weintraub, Finding Equilibrium, Arrow, Debreu, McKenzie and the Problem of Scientific Credit, Princeton University Press, 2014, 308 pages
This unusual book describes the early progress in the mathematisation of economics and, in particular, micro-economic model building – the sort of thing most central bankers leave to the young boffins in the research department. The book is unusual on two counts. First the authors, professors of economics and historians of economic thought
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