Talk:Foundations of Economic Analysis

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Welcome. Your turn, either here or with edits in the article. As Prof. Samuelson would say, ''Skoal!' Thomasmeeks 10:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Main contribution?
Thomas-- thanks for writing a great and important article, but I feel it's really dense reading. Starting with a long quote from the book makes it hard for the reader to get a quick idea of the main point.

Therefore, I think it would be a good idea to state at the very beginning of the article why Samuelson's book is considered so important. As I understand, it is principally recognized for introducing the comparative statics method. --Rinconsoleao 10:27, 10 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Thx for your comments, Rinconsoleao. I'm taking what you said in the spirit in which it was given --constructively-- & will try to come up with something that would address your concern in a definitive way (if I can) in the next few days.  That's assuming you don't write  first what I wish had, which would be fine too.  Samuelson's quotation that you mention is itself a classic, esp. given its length. Who says Samuelson didn't give fair warning (and the article too?)?   I did work in the Kehoe (1987, p. 517) reference, which I think accurately assesses Samuelson's contribution to comparative statics (in particular, relative to Hicks's Value and Capital).  Excellent Metzler book review that you added. I'll probably consult that further.   --Thomasmeeks 15:09, 10 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I'll try too... and I will leave a note on your page whenever I get around to it. --Rinconsoleao 15:26, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Moore's general analysis
The Gibbs quotation bears glossing.

I don't have time to Wikify this, but it should be useful:

@InCollection{moo10, title={Introduction to a Form of General Analysis}, author={Moore, Eliakim Hastings}, pages={1--150}, BookTitle={The {New Haven} Colloquium}, Note={Lectures delivered before members of the {American Mathematical Society} in connection with the summer meeting held~5--8 {S}eptember~1906}, editor={Moore, Eliakim Hastings and Wilczynski, Ernest Julius and Mason, Max}, year={2008 [1910]}, publisher={American Mathematical Society}, edition={2008 Reprinting of 1910 {New Haven: Yale University Press} (ISSN 0065-9258)}, series={American Mathematical Society Colloquium Publications}, volume={2}, ISBN-10={0-8218-4591-8}, ISBN-13={978-0-8218-4591-2}, ISBN={0-8218-4591-8, 978-0-8218-4591-2}, }

Best regards, Kiefer .Wolfowitz 20:44, 27 April 2011 (UTC)