The Invisible Hand: Economic Equilibrium in the History of Science

by Bruna Ingrao and Giorgio Israel

This study of the fundamental theoretical underpinnings of modern economies examines how economists define and categorize the market. It suggests that modeling a social science such as economics on the physical/mathematical sciences has created intractable problems, and that the basic structure of the theory needs rethinking. A meticulously researched work in the field of mathematical economics and pure theory, The Invisible Hand traces the evolution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262090287
• ISBN13: 9780262090285
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"