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Verlag: R.Pichon & R.Durand-Auzias, Paris, 1953
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In den WarenkorbZustand: BUONO USATO. Francese A cura e con introduzione di Gaston Leduc, in francese, pagine ancora intonse ed ingiallite attorno ai testi, con alcune tavole ripiegate fuori testo, brossura editoriale morbida, piatti ingialliti ai bordi, strappetti e piccola mancanza al posteriore, dorso molto ingiallito e con strappi. numero pagine 399.
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: New. Size of the book: US Trade 152 x 229 mm and around 436 Cream color pages. Unchanged reprint of the original 1874 edition. Please review our "Terms of Sale". If you have any questions, please feel free to ask us.
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Verlag: Paris, R. Pichon et R. Durand-Auzias, 1952
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In den WarenkorbTaschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Éléments d'économie politique pure ou théorie de la richesse sociale | Léon Walras | Taschenbuch | Französisch | 2024 | Outlook Verlag | EAN 9783385045217 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.
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In den WarenkorbTaschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Éléments d'économie politique pure ou théorie de la richesse sociale | Léon Walras | Taschenbuch | Französisch | 2025 | Antigonos Verlag | EAN 9783563224458 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.
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Verlag: Düsseldorf, Verlag Wirtschaft und Finanzen,, 1988
Sprache: Französisch
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In den WarenkorbVIII, 407 S. Verlagsfrisch. »Walras hat mehr als vielleicht jeder andere Ökonom dazu beigetragen, uns ein Gerüst zum Ordnen unserer Gedanken, eine Betrachtungsweise und Beschreibung des Ökonomischen Systems zu liefern, die uns hilft, Fehler in der Logik zu vermeiden,« schreibt der Nobelpreisträger Milton Friedman über Leon Walras (1834 - 1910). Walras` Werk »Eléments d`économie politique pure«, 1874 und 1877 in zwei Teilen erschienen, enthält ein System notwendiger wirtschaftlicher Beziehungen, beschäftigt sich mit Problemen der sozialen Ethik und entwickelt Gedanken zu alternativen Wirtschaftsformen und zur Finanzwissenschaft. Walras` große Leistung aber war der mathematische Nachweis, daß eine dezentrale Marktwirtschaft, in der sich eine optimale Güterversorgung selbsttätig einstellt, automatisch zum Gleichgewicht und zur besten Versorgung tendiert. Mit seiner wissenschaftlichen Ausarbeitung des statischen Gleichgewichts schuf der Grenznutzentheoretiker Walras - neben Thünen und Gossen - eine Grundlage der modernen Ökonomie. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1100 22 x 15 cm, Halbleder auf 5 Bünden mit umlaufendem Sprengschnitt Faksimile der 1874 in Lausanne erschienenen Erstausgabe. Eines von 1000 nummerierten Exemplaren.
Verlag: Lausanne / Paris / Basel L Corbaz & Cie Éditeurs (- 1877), 1874
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In den WarenkorbVIII,407(1) S., 3 Bll. Falttafeln u. 1 Bl. Impressum, Oktav, roter OHLdr. mit Rückentitel u. Zierleiten in Gold, 5 Bünde - FAKSIMILE der Erstausgabe ("Klassiker der Nationalökonomie. Hg. v. Wolfram Engels, Herbert Hax, Friedrich A. v. Hayek u. Horst Claus Recktenwald. Düsseldorf, Verlag Wirtschaft und Finanzen, 1988"). Einmalige Auflage in 1000 Ex. (= numeriertes Exemplar). Herz/Weinberger,2006,546. REPRINT der Originalausgabe, die 1874 u. 1877 in zwei Teilen erschienen war. L. Walras (1834-1910) "gilt als einer der Begründer der Neoklassik (.) Die 'Eléments hatten enorme Auswirkungen auf die Volkswirtschaftslehre. Als führender Verfechter der mathematischen Volkswirtschaftslehre bestimmte Walras den Großteil der theoretischen Forschung in den ersten 75 Jahren des 20. Jhs." (Donald A. Walker). Ausgesch. Bibl.-Ex. mit St.a.T. u. Vortitel, dünne Spur von entfernter Rückenetikette, Etiketten auf hinterem Innendeckel, sonst gutes, frisches Exemplar. - BEILIEGEND: VADEMECUM-Band (dt.-sprachig) zur vorliegenden Faksimile-Ausgabe mit Beiträgen von William Jaffé, Mark Blaug u. Donald A. Walker. Düsseldorf, Verlag Wirtschaft und Finanzen, 1988, 111(1) S., Oktav, schwarzer OPp. - Erste Auflage. Ausgesch. Bibl.-Ex. mit entfernter Rückenetikette bzw. Rest von transparenter Klebefolie, sonst ordentliches Exemplar. - Zus.
Verlag: Düsseldorf, Verlag Wirtschaft und Finanzen, 1988
ISBN 10: 3878810318 ISBN 13: 9783878810315
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In den WarenkorbHalbleder. Zustand: Sehr gut. Nummeriertes Exemplar. Der Kommentarband hat 108 Seiten. Dieser minimal lichtrandig. Textband mit Exlibris auf dem Vorsatz. Sehr gut erhalten. 9783878810315 Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200 Faksimile basierend auf der Erstausgabe von 1874/1877.
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In den WarenkorbVIII, 407 S. Gr. 8°, HLdr. goldgepr. Rückentitel, Deckenbezug u. Vorsatz marm., farbiger Sprengschnitt, buntes Kapitalband, Lesebändchen. Leichte Kratzspuren an der hinteren Decke. Sehr guter Zustand. Drei Falttafeln mit Grafiken im Anhang. Limitierte u. numerierte Faksimileausgabe des französischen Erstdrucks von 1874. Etikett im Spiegel, Barcode-Etikett und Sign. im Reihentitel, Titelblatt rückseitig gestempelt. 1100 gr.
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In den Warenkorb( In französischer Sprache ) Mit VIII, 407 Seiten und 1 gefalteten Tafel, roter Ohldr mit goldgeprägtem schmalen Einbandrücken, marmorierten Buchdeckeln und gesprenkeltem Buchschnitt, 8° ( 22 x 13,4 cm ). Hier das nummerierte Exemplar Nr. 207 einer Auflage von 1000 nummerierten Exemplaren. Von guter und dekorativer Erhaltung, das Titelschildchen auf dem schmalen Einbandrücken minimal beschädigt. ( beiliegend: Der Vademecumband von William Jaffe, Mark Blaug, Donald A. Walker "Leon Walras Lebenswerk - eine kritische Analyse" mit 108 Seiten, 2 n.n. Blätter und einigen Abbildungen. OPappband mit goldgeprägtem Titelschildchen, 8° ( 22 x 13,5 cm ). Dieser Kommentarband gering beriebent, ansonsten ebenfalls von guter Erhaltung. Zusammen 2 Bände. - selten - ( Gesamtgewicht ca. 950 Gramm ) ( Lagerort Rich, 1. OG ) ( Weitere Bilder auf Anfrage / further pics at request ).
Verlag: Lausanne L Corbaz / Paris Guillaumin / Bale H Georg (Faksimile 1988), 1874
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In den WarenkorbVIII, 407 S. Mit 3 mehrf. Gefalt. Tafeln. Handgebundener bordeauxroter Halblederband mit Buntpapierüberzug und marmorierten Vorsätzen sowie Rückengoldprägung. Hochwertiges Faksimile der Erstausgabe auf starkem Papier. Hauptwerk vom Begründer der Lausanner Schule, "the Magna Charta of economic theory". Walras wurde von Schumpeter als "der größte aller Ökonomen" bezeichnet und der britische Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Mark Blaug behauptet, "fast jede Ökonomie unserer Zeit ist walrasianische Ökonomie". J. A. Schumpeter: "Walras' System von Gleichungen zur Definition statischen Gleichgewichts in einem System voneinander unabhängiger Mengen ist die Magna Charta der ökonomischen Theorie". - Eins von eintausend numerierten Exemplaren dieser Faksimile-Ausgabe. Nr. 253. - Mit Kommentarband: Horst Claus Recktenwald, Kritisches Editorial zum Geleit. Walras' Rang in der ökonomischen Wissenschaft. Das Opus im technischen Zeitalter. / William Jaffe, Zu Leon Walras' Vita. / Mark Blaug: Das walrasianische Gleichgewicht - Fortschritt oder Sackgasse? / Donald A. Walker: Walras' Theorie des ökonomischen Verhaltens - Eine moderne Sicht. 108, (3) S. Orig.-Pappband. Zusammen zwei Bände. - Auf Wunsch senden wir Ihnen gerne Fotos zu (JPG).
Verlag: Lausanne, imprimerie L.Corbaz, Paris, Guillaumin, Bale, H.Georg 1874, 1874
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In den Warenkorb[-1877]. 2 parts in 1 volume. VIII,208p, p.[209]-407. With 15 figures on 3 folding tables (table 3 loose). Early twentieth-century half cloth, little rubbed and slightly stained, back with gilt-lettered label, marbled sides, new endpapers, nr in ink on front free endpaper. First edition, rare particularly with the second part published in 1877. Walras' most important book in which he exposed the general equilibrium theory. The first part deals with the theory of exchange, the second with the theory of production. Jevons' Theory of political economy' (1871) was not well received when it appeared, but it was read. Menger's Principles of economics' (1871) was both read and well received, at least in his own country. But Walras' two-part Elements of pure economics' (1844-77) was monstrously neglected everywhere despite his infatigable efforts to get the book noticed. That was in part because Walras set himself a task that went beyond Jevons and Menger, his co-discoverers of marginal utility theory, namely, to write down and solve the first multi-equational model of general equilibrium in all markets. In addition, Walras went far beyond Jevons in employing a mathematical model of exposition, and this was enough to scare off most of his contemporary readers. But wheras Jevons and Menger are now regarded as historical landmarks, rarely read purely for their own sake, posthumous appreciation of Walras's monumental achievement has grown so markedly since the 1930s that he may now be the most widely-raed nineteenth-century economist after Ricardo and Marx.'A second edition revised and enlarged edition appeared 1889.*Einaudi 5965. Mattioli 3796. M.Blaug, Great economists before Keynes', p.262.
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In den WarenkorbFirst edition. WALRAS'S MASTERPIECE OF PURE ECONOMIC THEORY . First edition, rare, of both parts of Walras' most important work, his mathematical theory of general economic equilibrium. "Walras is in my opinion the greatest of all economists. This system of economic equilibrium, uniting, as it does, the quality of 'revolutionary' creativeness with the quality of classic synthesis, is the outstanding landmark on the road that economics travels toward the status of a rigorous or exact science" (Schumpeter (1954), p. 827). Milton Friedman wrote that Walras' Éléments "is a great work which marked an important step forward in the development of economics as a science, and which still plays an important role in economic thinking There are two main themes in the Elements: the analysis of rareté, or marginal utility, and the theory of general equilibrium." The theory of economic equilibrium was his "claim to immortality, that great theory whose crystal-clear train of thought has illuminated the structure of purely economic relationships with the light of one fundamental principle few contributions in the field of monetary policy compare with his" (Schumpeter (1952), pp. 76-77). "For sheer genius and intuitive power in penetrating the veil of the chaos of immediately perceived experience and divining the underlying structure of fundamental economic relationships and their extensive interdependencies and consequences, Walras has been surpassed by no one" (New Palgrave). The first part of the Éléments deals with the theory of exchange (pp. 1-208), the second (pp. 209-377) with the theory of production. "Walras's two-part Elements of Pure Economics (1874-77) was monstrously neglected everywhere despite his indefatigable efforts to get the book noticed. That was in part because Walras set himself a task that went beyond Jevons and Menger, his co-discoverers of marginal utility theory, namely, to write down and solve the first multi-equational model of general equilibrium in all markets. In addition, Walras went far beyond Jevons in employing a mathematical mode of exposition, and this was enough to scare off most of his contemporary readers. But whereas Jevons and Menger are now regarded as historical landmarks, rarely read purely for their own sake, posthumous appreciation of Walras's monumental achievement has grown so markedly since the 1930s that he may now be the most widely-read nineteenth-century economist after Ricardo and Marx, particularly since the translation of the Éléments into English in 1954" (Blaug). RBH lists four copies. Léon Walras (1834-1910), whose full name was Marie Esprit Léon Walras, was born in Évreux, a provincial town in Normandy, France. "After having twice failed the entrance examination to the École Polytechnique in Paris for lack of preparation in mathematics, Walras entered the École des Mines in 1854. Leaving school after a year, he tried literature unsuccessfully. In 1858 his father, the economist Auguste Walras, persuaded him to devote his life to economics. Lacking the necessary formal training, however, Walras could not get a university position. After a brief flirtation with journalism, he worked for several business firms unsuccessfully. Sharing in the popular belief that cooperatives offered an alternative to the revolutionary activity in western Europe, Walras and Léon Say in 1865 began a bank for producers' cooperatives, of which Walras became managing director. The two men also began to publish a monthly journal on cooperatives, Le travail ('Work'), in 1866. Both the bank and the periodical failed in 1868, but two years later Walras was appointed to the chair of political economy at the Academy of Lausanne, Switzerland" (Britannica). "Walras began his scholarly activity in Lausanne in 1870. In a period of great creativity that lasted until 1878, he developed most of the foundations of the theory of general equilibrium that appeared in the first edition of theÉléments" (New Palgrave). "Walras begins the analytical part of the Éléments by analysing a problem similar to the one that had been studied by Jevons: he imagines a situation with two persons and two goods whose supply is fixed. How can one characterise the equilibrium of such an economy? He goes into this problem in great detail, the discussion of the two-by-two case fills more than 60 pages in the book. "He starts by drawing demand curves for the two goods and shows how an analysis based on these curves determines the quantities that will be exchanged between the two individuals in a situation of equilibrium. After a careful statement of the utility maximisation problem of the consumer he goes on to the analysis of equilibrium Walras shows that the model determines the ratio between the quantities traded of the two goods. Then he points out that since the value of the quantity sold by one individual must be equal to the value of the quantity purchased by the other individual, the ratio of prices must be equal to the inverse ratio of the quantities. So the model determines prices, but only the relative price moving for a moment beyond the two-commodity case, we may choose one of the commodities as a unit of account and state all other prices in units of this commodity, which Walras calls the numeraire. The price of this commodity can therefore be set equal to 1 "Walras's discussion of the consumer as a utility maximising agent is far clearer than those of Jevons and Menger. Like Jevons, he assumes that utility is a magnitude that is attached to the consumption of each commodity separately, so that total utility is the sum of all commodity-specific 'utilities.' He then shows that to obtain maximum utility the consumer must compose his consumption in such a way that marginal utility or rareté, as he calls it divided by price must be the same for all commodities It follows that it is the consumers' marginal utilities of the different goods the structure of their preferences that determine prices.
Verlag: Lausanne, Paris & Leipzig: F. Rouge, Guillaumin & cie, Duncker & Humblot, 1889, 1889
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In den WarenkorbSecond edition of Walras's Eléments d'économie politique pure, the author's own annotated copy with pencil markings and marginalia to over 60 pages, a small piece of exercise book paper marked "annoté de la main de mon père" in Aline Walras's hand loosely inserted. "This edition contains an introductory chapter, 'Des fonctions et de leur représentation géométrique. Théorie mathématique de la chute des corps,' 3-21, which does not appear in subsequent editions." (Walker). In 1874, three years after Jevons and Menger but independently of them, Walras enunciated the theory of marginal utility in his Eléments d'économie politique pure. In this book he continued and refined the work inherited from his father and was successful in developing the law of general equilibrium that made him famous. The work falls into two parts: one dealing with the theory of exchange (pp. 1-208), the other (pp. 209-377) with the theory of production. "The book regards exchange as the central economic phenomenon and treats all other branches of economic study in relation to this central fact" (Batson). Walras operates with essentially the same concepts as Jevons, but he searches continuously for solutions of the most general character. Like Jevons and Menger, he bases exchange-value on utility and limitation of quantity. Following his father, he uses the term rareté, which he defines as the "dérivée de l'utilité effective par rapport à la quantité possédée". In other words, rareté is the same as marginal utility. The desire to equalize marginal utilities (according to Gossen's second law) will lead to exchange, and this desire, together with the stocks of goods possessed by each individual, will give a determinate demand or supply for each individual. This can be represented by a functional equation or by a curve. Walras was influenced by Cournot and it was probably this influence which enabled him to combine a utility theory of value with a mathematically precise theory of market equilibrium. In spite, or because, of the difficulties which he experienced in this task, Walras was increasingly led to enunciate a general, non-utilitarian theory of economic equilibrium, expressed in terms of functional equations. He is, therefore, essentially the economist's economist, rather than of the general reader or the politician. Batson, p. 34; Cossa 279 (171); Einaudi 5965; Mattioli 3796; Walker 176. Octavo (209 x 136 mm). With six folding plates of figures. Contemporary red quarter roan and marbled boards, spine ruled and lettered gilt Joints and extremities lightly rubbed; a very good copy.
Verlag: Lausanne: L. Corbaz & Cie; Guillaumin & Cie, Paris; & H. Georg, Basel, 1874, 1874
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In den WarenkorbFirst edition of part I only (pp. 1-208), written by one of the leading mathematical economists. Three years after Jevons and Menger, but independently of them, Walras here enunciates the theory of marginal utility. In this text, he continues and refines the work inherited from his father and successfully develops the law of general equilibrium that made him famous. The Éléments falls into two parts: part I, present here, deals with the theory of exchange (pp. 1-208). Part II, which focuses on the theory of production, was published in 1877 and is continuously paginated (pp. 209-377). "The book regards exchange as the central economic phenomenon and treats all other branches of economic study in relation to this central fact" (Batson). Walras operates with essentially the same concepts as Jevons, but he searches continuously for solutions of the most general character. Like Jevons and Menger, he bases exchange-value on utility and limitation of quantity. Following his father, he uses the term rareté, which he defines as the "dérivée de l'utilité effective par rapport à la quantité possédée". In other words, rareté is the same as marginal utility. The desire to equalize marginal utilities (according to Gossen's second law) will lead to exchange. And this desire, together with the stocks of goods possessed by each individual, will give a determinate demand or supply for each individual. This can be represented by a functional equation or by a curve. Walras was influenced by Cournot, and it was probably this that enabled Walras to combine a utility theory of value with a mathematically precise theory of market equilibrium. In spite, or because, of the difficulties which he experienced in this task, Walras was increasingly led to enunciate a general, non-utilitarian theory of economic equilibrium, expressed in terms of functional equations. He is, therefore, essentially the economist's economist, rather than of the general reader or the politician. Batson, p. 34; Cossa 279 (171); Einaudi 5965; Mattioli 3796; Walker 95. Octavo (220 x 143 mm). With 2 folding plates comprising 9 figures. Uncut, resewn and recased in modern green paper wrappers incorporating the original front printed wrapper, preserved in a custom cloth box. Folding plates guarded, original front wrapper restored at extremities; a clean, uncut copy.
Verlag: Lausanne: L. Corbaz & Cie; Guillaumin & Cie, Paris; & H. Georg, Basel, 1874, 1874
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In den WarenkorbFirst edition, first issue, in the original wrappers, of the first part of Walras's key work; remaining sheets were later issued with the second part, published in 1877 and continuously paginated. Three years after Jevons and Menger, but independently of them, Walras here enunciated the theory of marginal utility. In this work he continued and refined the work inherited from his father and was successful in developing the law of general equilibrium which made him famous. Éléments fell into two parts: part I, present here, deals with the theory of exchange (pp. 1-208), while part II focused on the theory of production. "The book regards exchange as the central economic phenomenon and treats all other branches of economic study in relation to this central fact" (Batson). "Walras operates with essentially the same concepts as Jevons, but he searches continuously for solutions of the most general character. Like Jevons and Menger, he bases exchange-value on utility and limitation of quantity. Following his father, he uses the term rareté, which he defines as the "dérivée de l'utilité effective par rapport à la quantité possédée". In other words, rareté is the same as marginal utility. The desire to equalize marginal utilities (according to Gossen's second law) will lead to exchange. And this desire, together with the stocks of goods possessed by each individual, will give a determinate demand or supply for each individual. This can be represented by a functional equation or by a curve. Walras was influenced by Cournot, and it was probably this influence which enabled him to combine a utility theory of value with a mathematically precise theory of market equilibrium. In spite, or because, of the difficulties which he experienced in this task, Walras was increasingly led to enunciate a general, non-utilitarian theory of economic equilibrium, expressed in terms of functional equations. He is, therefore, essentially the economist's economist, rather than of the general reader or the politician" (Roll, p. 432). Batson, p. 34; Cossa 279 (171); Einaudi 5965; Mattioli 3796; Walker 95. Eric Roll, A History of Economic Thought, 1946. Octavo. With 2 folding plates. Resewn and recased in original green wrappers printed in black, fragments of spine laid down, some restoration to wrappers, edges uncut. Housed in green cloth chemise and solander box. A little chipped and soiled, contents clean; a good copy.