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Principia Economica

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. Georges Bernard

    1. C.N.R.S., Paris, France

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Part of the book series: Theory and Decision Library A: (TDLA, volume 7)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Agents

    • Georges Bernard
    Pages 1-9

  3. Resources

    • Georges Bernard
    Pages 10-16

  4. Fields of Forces

    • Georges Bernard
    Pages 17-25

  5. Relations between Agents. Activity

    • Georges Bernard
    Pages 26-35

  6. Degrees of Freedom for Agents. Alienation and Free Will

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    Pages 36-43

  7. Choice Criteria. Utility. Resource Allocation

    • Georges Bernard
    Pages 44-60

  8. Dimensional Approach

    • Georges Bernard
    Pages 61-67

  9. Money and Prices

    • Georges Bernard
    Pages 68-89

  10. Elementary Exchange

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    Pages 90-99

  11. Transfers

    • Georges Bernard
    Pages 100-110

  12. Production and Value Added

    • Georges Bernard
    Pages 111-134

  13. Space and Time in Human Activity

    • Georges Bernard
    Pages 135-152

  14. Relations between Agents

    • Georges Bernard
    Pages 153-174

  15. Economic Processes

    • Georges Bernard
    Pages 175-203

  16. Summary and Conclusions

    • Georges Bernard
    Pages 204-207

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 208-214
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About this book

It has already been said, if not written, that progress in knowledge in any domain consists mainly of expressing things that are well known in a different and, if possible, new way. That is the purpose of this book. In his solitary effort an author is entirely and solely responsible for what he writes, including any mistakes or errors in the text. This is the case here as this book is not a result of a pluridisciplinary effort. It seems to the author that while reflection can be and sometimes is fruitful in a team, the task of bringing to light new ideas or to shed new light on old ones is mostly a solitary exercise. There are many illustrious examples to which, of course, the author does not compare himself: Quesnay, Rousseau, A. Smith, D. Ricardo, Fourier, Walras, Keynes, Freud and many others. The text contains many analogies between economics and phys­ ics. This last 'exact' science has adopted two paradigms in this century: disequilibria are essential and normal states; the dynamics of events, the temporal evolution of states, is the explanation of Nature. One could also add a third, the fundamental principles of uncertainty and randomness. The deterministic models that were current at the end of the last century were, on the contrary, attached to states of equilibrium and were invariant with respect to time as they assumed perfect causa­ lity, i.e. a perfect knowledge of the future.

Authors and Affiliations

  • C.N.R.S., Paris, France

    Georges Bernard

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Principia Economica

  • Authors: Georges Bernard

  • Series Title: Theory and Decision Library A:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0935-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0186-8Due: 30 June 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6910-6Published: 22 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-0935-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0921-3384

  • Series E-ISSN: 2352-2119

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 232

  • Topics: Economics, general, Business and Management, general

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