1st Edition

Studies in Applied Economics, Volume II

By Léon Walras Copyright 2004

    This is Volume II in a series on Studies in Applied Economics and looks at the theory of the production of social wealth in the areas of agriculture, industry, commerce banking and stock markets. The two volumes form a translation from French of Walras’s two main books, Études d’économie politique appliquée (Théorie de la production de la richesse sociale) (1898) and Études d’économie sociale (Théorie de la répar[1]tition de la richesse sociale) (1896).

    Preface, Abbreviations and notes on the text, PART III. Agriculture, industry, commerce, 9. The influence of communication between markets on the situation of rural communities, 10. Applied economics and the protection of wages, 11. Theory of free trade, PART IV. Credit, 12. Theory of credit, PART V. Banking, 13. Mathematical theory of banknotes, 14. The Post Office Savings Bank of Vienna and comptabilisme social, PART VI. Stock markets, 15. The stock exchange: speculation and agiotage, Outline of a doctrine, 16. Outline of an economic and social doctrine, Index of persons cited by Léon Walras, Subject index

    Biography

    Léon Walras, translated by Jan van Daal