The Market: Equilibrium, Stability, Mythology (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy) - Softcover

Afriat, Sydney N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415859867 ISBN 13: 9780415859868

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

This punchy book unites mainline mathematical economics and sometimes idiosyncratic political economy. Freshness is brought to the market concept giving general equilibrium theory a new lease of life, and an opening of thought on such matters as free trade, globalization and the environment. Where most theories of general equilibrium have been based on utility maximizing traders, Afriat here maintains the view that the topic essentially is concerned with aggregates and that anything to do with utility is at best secondary if not spurious. The book goes on to discuss political economy, in particular the idea of 'optimum', and its abuses, especially in doctrine related to the market. This novel book will be of equal appeal to mathematical thinkers, those interested in the theory of market and political economists.

About this title

Review:

'This is an unusually elegant and imaginative book, written with verve and flair by a supremely well-informed theorist with an open mind and a critical eye.' - K. Vela Velupillai

About the Author:

S. N. Afriat, currently associated with the University of Siena, Italy, has a long and distinguished rocord of publishing at the interface of mathematics and economics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0415859867
• ISBN 13: 9780415859868
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144