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"The concept of general equilibrium, one of the central components of economic theory, explains the behavior of supply, demand, and prices by showing that supply and demand exist in balance through pricing mechanisms. The mathematical tools and properties for this theory have developed over time to accommodate and incorporate developments in economic theory, from multiple markets and economic agents to theories of production.Yves Balasko offers an extensive, up-to-date look at the standard theory of general equilibrium, to which he has been a major contributor. This book explains how the equilibrium manifold approach can be usefully applied to the general equilibrium model, from basic consumer theory and exchange economies to models with private ownership of production. Balasko examines properties of the standard general equilibrium model that are beyond traditional existence and optimality. He applies the theory of smooth manifolds and mappings to the multiplicity of equilibrium solutions and related discontinuities of market prices. The economic concepts and differential topology methods presented in this book are accessible, clear, and relevant, and no prior knowledge of economic theory is necessary.The General Equilibrium Theory of Value offers a comprehensive foundation for the most current models of economic theory and is ideally suited for graduate economics students, advanced undergraduates in mathematics, and researchers in the field"--

Banking and interest rates in a world without money : the effects of uncontrolled banking -- Active and passive monetary policy in a neoclassical model -- Rational economic behavior and the balance of payments -- Uniqueness of the price level in monetary growth models with rational expectations -- Purchasing power parity in an equilibrium model -- Ups and downs in human capital and business -- How passive monetary policy might work -- What a non-monetarist thinks -- Global monetarism in a world of national currencies -- The ABCs of business cycles -- A gold standard with double feedback and near zero reserves -- The trouble with econometric models -- General equilibrium and business cycles -- Noise.

Banking and interest rates in a world without money : the effects of uncontrolled banking -- Active and passive monetary policy in a neoclassical model -- Rational economic behavior and the balance of payments -- Uniqueness of the price level in monetary growth models with rational expectations -- Purchasing power parity in an equilibrium model -- Ups and downs in human capital and business -- How passive monetary policy might work -- What a non-monetarist thinks -- Global monetarism in a world of national currencies -- The ABCs of business cycles -- A gold standard with double feedback and near zero reserves -- The trouble with econometric models -- General equilibrium and business cycles -- Noise

This book argues that the shift in general equilibrium theory, from its early long-period to the modern very-short-period versions, has had very important consequences which are insufficiently appreciated by large parts of the economics profession. This shift has produced new difficulties, and has undermined central tenets of neoclassical macroeconomic theory (such as the negative dependence of aggregate investment on the interest rate, or the existence of a downward-sloping demand curve for labour) which had their basis in the long-period versions where capital was treated as a single factor. According to the author, what makes it difficult to appreciate these consequences is the current imperfect grasp of the long-period method (an approach common to classical and to the first generations of neoclassical economists, but nowadays often confused with steady-growth analysis). The origins of this problem date back to the 1930s, and to this day still obscure the history and the logic of the neoclassical approach. The book explains the analytical differences between long-period, steady-growth, and short-period general equilibrium analyses, and proves that on this basis considerable clarification can be achieved, not only in many aspects of the history of economic theory, but also in fundamental issues in the theories of value, distribution, capital, investment, employment and money. For example, the reasons for the disagreements in the 'Cambridge controversies' over capital theory become very apparent. This stimulating critique on the present state of economic theory will appeal to academics and researchers with an interest in macroeconomics, the history of economic thought, and the theory of value and distribution. It will also enlighten and inform anyone wanting to understand the reasons behind the current dissatisfaction with neoclassical economics

Machine generated contents note: Part I. General Equilibrium Theory: Getting Acquainted: 1. Concept and history of general equilibrium theory; 2. An elementary general equilibrium model -- the Robinson Crusoe economy; 3. The Edgeworth box; 4. Integrating production and multiple consumption decisions: a 2 x 2 x 2 model; 5. Existence of general equilibrium in an economy with an excess demand function; Part II. Mathematics: 6. Logic and set theory; 7. RN: real N-dimensional Euclidean space; 8. Convex sets, separation theorems, and non-convex sets in RN; 9. The Brouwer fixed point theorem; Part III. An Economy with Bounded Production Technology, Supply and Demand Functions: 10. Markets, prices, commodities, and mathematical economic theory; 11. Production with bounded firm technology; 12. Households; 13. A market economy; 14. General equilibrium of the market economy with an excess demand function; Part IV. An Economy with Unbounded Production Technology, Supply and Demand Functions: 15. Theory of production: the unbounded technology case; 16. Households: the unbounded technology case; 17. A market economy: the unbounded technology case; 18. General equilibrium of the market economy: the unbounded technology case; Part V. Welfare Economics and the Scope of Markets: 19. Pareto efficiency and competitive equilibrium; 20. Time and uncertainty: futures markets; Part VI. Bargaining and Equilibrium: The Core: 21. The core of a market economy; 22. Convergence of the core of a large economy; Part VII. An Economy with Supply and Demand Correspondences: 23. Mathematics: analysis of point to set mappings; 24. General equilibrium of the market economy with an excess demand correspondence; 25. U-shaped cost curves and concentrated preferences; Part VIII. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: 26. Next steps; 27. Summary and conclusion