{"product_id":"finding-equilibrium-9780691156644","title":"Finding Equilibrium","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface 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","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403795865943,"sku":"9780691156644","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691156644.jpg?v=1730484567","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/finding-equilibrium-9780691156644","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}