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Léon Walras: Elements of Theoretical Economics

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  • Walras,Léon Editor and Translator-Name:Walker,Donald A. Editor and Translator-Name:van Daal,Jan

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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.

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  • Walras,Léon Editor and Translator-Name:Walker,Donald A. Editor and Translator-Name:van Daal,Jan, 2014. "Léon Walras: Elements of Theoretical Economics," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781107064133, September.
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    1. Hartley-Ballestero, Rocío, 2021. "Different perspectives in economic theory," Revista de Ciencias Económicas, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Económicas, Universidad de Costa Rica, vol. 39(1), January.
    2. Brodbeck, Karl-Heinz, 2014. "Phänomenologie des Geldes," Working Paper Serie des Instituts für Ökonomie Ök-03, Hochschule für Gesellschaftsgestaltung (HfGG), Institut für Ökonomie.

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