Principles of Microeconomics

Crash Course and Chapter-by-Chapter Critique

By Irma Dircks

608 pages. Charts, graphs, indexes, bibliography
ISBN: 978-3-00-023932-8
Price: $39.80 (Paperback)
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Publisher: Ancilla Tutorials
Publication date: July 16, 2008

Questions for Review without Answers

Chapter 6. History of Economic Thought II.  Neo-Classical Economics

I. An Outline of Neo-Classical Economics

1) Please summarise the contributions made by the following neo-classical economists:
A. Léon Walras.
B. Alfred Marshall.
C. V.F.D. Pareto
D. Arthur Cecil Pigou

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2) How did Walras prove that general equilibrium is possible?

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II. The Lives and Works of the Two Leading Neo-Classical Economists

3) What is Marshall's famous scissors-statement about?

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4) Why do some prominent economists hold Walras in higher esteem than Marshall?

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