How Foundations came to be.

The writer details the story behind the writing of his 1947 book Foundations of Economic Analysis. He considers issues including the revealed preference story, the other major writers that influenced the book, the dynamics in the book that provide critical answers to several economic problems, and...

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Publicado en:Journal of Economic Literature Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 1375 - 1387
Autor principal: Samuelson, Paul Anthony
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Economic Association September 1998
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Sumario:The writer details the story behind the writing of his 1947 book Foundations of Economic Analysis. He considers issues including the revealed preference story, the other major writers that influenced the book, the dynamics in the book that provide critical answers to several economic problems, and the decisions that the writer made with regard to the structure and subject matter of the original book.