Recherches Sur Les Principes Mathematiques De La Theorie Des Richesses Paris Chez L Hachette

by Augustin Cournot

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First edition

Paris: Chez L. Hachette, 1838. First edition of Cournot’s masterpiece, the foundational work of mathematical economics and one of the most remarkable achievements in nineteenth-century social science. With its appearance, Cournot established the analytical framework that would become the basis of modern microeconomic theory. A mathematician by training and Inspector General of Studies

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