La théorie des surplus de Maurice Allais et l'histoire de la pensée économique

Alain Alcouffe

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Abstract: Allais pretended that his studies on surplus were "the culmination of over thirty years of reflection on the nature of economic evolution in real terms." He thought it was meant to bring the economy close to the 'boundary between the possible and the impossible. Allais tracked the origin of the concept to Boisguilbert and traced the evolution and use of the surplus by various authors since the 17th century. After a comparison between Walras' and Allais' theory of general economic equilibrium the paper presents Allais' methodological concerns and the emphasis on history of economic thought in his work.

Keywords: general economic equilibrium; economy of markets; history of economic thought; surplus; équilibre économique; économie de marchés; Maurice Allais; Walras; histoire de la pensée économique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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Published in DIEMER, A., LALLEMENT, J., & MUNIER, B. Maurice Allais et la science économique, Clément Juglar, pp.317, 2010, 978-2-908735-23-9

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