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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450735303321

Autore

Ackerman Frank

Titolo

The flawed foundations of general equilibrium : critical essays on economic theory / / Frank Ackerman. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

0-203-68228-9

1-135-99738-1

0-429-23490-2

0-415-65486-6

0-203-79996-8

1-280-05283-X

Descrizione fisica

xv, 220 p

Collana

Routledge frontiers of political economy ; ; 62

Classificazione

83.10

Disciplina

339.5

Soggetti

Equilibrium (Economics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter Introduction -- Underneath the flawed foundations / Frank Ackerman -- chapter 1 Still dead after all these years -- Interpreting the failure of general equilibrium theory / Frank Ackerman -- chapter 2 Behind the building blocks -- Commodities and individuals in general equilibrium theory / Alejandro Nadal -- chapter 3 Money and prices -- The limits of the general equilibrium theory / Carlo Benetti -- chapter 4 The law of supply and demand in the proof of existence of general competitive equilibrium / Carlo Benetti -- chapter 5 Consumed in theory -- Alternative perspectives on the economics of consumption / Frank Ackerman -- chapter 6 Choice of technique revisited -- A critical review of the theoretical underpinnings / Alejandro Nadal -- chapter 7 Existence values and priceless externalities / Frank Ackerman -- chapter 8 Contradictions of the open economy model as applied in Mexico / Alejandro Nadal -- chapter 9 An offer you can t refuse -- Free trade, globalization, and the search for alternatives / Frank Ackerman -- chapter 10 Computable abstraction -- General equilibrium models of trade and environment / Frank Ackerman -- chapter 11 Freedom



and submission -- Individuals and the invisible hand / Alejandro Nadal.