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Book SynopsisExplores the post-World War II transformation of economics by constructing a history of the proof of its central dogma - that a competitive market economy may possess a set of equilibrium prices.
Trade ReviewWinner of the 2016 Joseph J. Spengler Best Book Prize, History of Economics Society "[An] engaging and illuminating history of the mid-twentieth-century proofs of competitive general equilibrium and the three authors associated with them."--S. Abu Turab Rizvi, Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics "The book has a marvelous and incredibly detailed reconstruction of the paths pursued by the three protagonists with mathematical details suppressed."--Olav Bjerkholt, EH.Net "A fascinating history about modern economics and some of its key historical actors ... also a treatise on historiography."--Marcel J. Boumans, History of Economic Ideas "Finding Equilibrium is a testament to the importance of writing the history of recent economics. The fact that it is a gripping read ... only adds to the impressiveness of Duppe and Weintraub's accomplishment. May it have many imitators."--Steven G. Medema, Journal of the History of Economic Thought
Table of ContentsPreface ix Chronology xxiii Part I People 1 Chapter 1 Arrow's Ambitions 3 Chapter 2 McKenzie's Frustrations 24 Chapter 3 Debreu's Silence 47 Part II Context 65 Chapter 4 Sites 67 Chapter 5 Community 98 Part III Credit 129 Chapter 6 Three Proofs 131 Chapter 7 Aftermath 172 Chapter 8 The Proofs Become History 204 Conclusion 231 Coda 245 Acknowledgments 249 References 251 Index of Names 267 Index of Subjects 273
