Foundations of Economic Analysis

CONTENTS	11
	PREFACE	(6 XYZ null 1196 null)
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	PART-I	14
		I. INTRODUCTION	14
		II. EQUILIBRIUM SYSTEMS AND COMPARATIVE STATICS	18
			Symbolic Formulation	19
			Displacement of Equilibrium	21
			Illustrative Tax Problem	23
			Illustrative Market Case	26
			Summary	28
		III. THE THEORY OF MAXIMIZING BEHAVIOR	30
			Three Sources of Meaningful Theorems	30
			A Calculus of Qualitative Relations	32
			Maximum Conditions of Equilibrium	38
			Displacement of Equilibrium	39
			Displacement of Quantity Maximized	43
			Auxiliary Constraints and the Generalized Le Chatelier Principle	45
			Economic Illustrations	48
			Analysis of Finite Changes	54
			Analytic Functions	60
			Convertibility into a Maximum Problem	60
		IV. A COMPREHENSIVE RESTATEMENT OF THE THEORY OF COST AND PRODUCTION	65
			Statement of Problems	65
			Conditions of Equilibrium	68
			Secondary Extremum Conditions	69
			Displacement of Equilibrium	71
			Boundary or Corner Minima	77
			Discontinuities in the Production Function	78
			Conditions of Equilibrium	81
			Determinateness of Equilibrium	83
			Maximization of Profit	83
			Indeterminacy in Purest Competition	83
			Discontinuous Case	88
			External Conditions of Equilibrium	89
			Summary	95
		V. THE PURE THEORY OF CONSUMER'S BEHAVIOR	98
			Evolution of Utility Concept	98
			Progression in Mathematical Thought	100
			The Demand Functions as a Goal	104
			Conditions of Equilibrium	105
			Displacement of Equilibrium	108
			Meaningful Theorems	115
			Conclusion	124
			A Note on the Demand for Money	125
			Qualifications Introduced by Uncertainty	130
		VI. TRANSFORMATIONS, COMPOSITE COMMODITIES, AND RATIONING	133
			Logarithmic Transformations and Elasticities	133
			General Transformation of Independent Variables	137
			Transformation of Dependent Variable	141
			Transformation of Prices	143
			Demand for a Group of Commodities	149
			The General Problem of Composite or Aggregate Commodities	152
			The Economic Theory of Index Numbers	154
			Present Formulations of Index Numbers	164
			Pure Theory of Choice under Rationing	171
		VII. SOME SPECIAL ASPECTS OF THE THEORY OF CONSUMER'S BEHAVIOR	179
			The Cardinal Measure of Utility	180
			The Assumption of Independent Utilities	181
			Complementarity	190
			Constancy of the Marginal Utility of Income	196
			Why Consumer's Surplus is Superfluous	202
			The Many Forms of Consumer's Surplus	204
		VIII. WELFARE ECONOMICS	209
			The Social Welfare Function	225
			Mathematical Analysis	235
			Production Conditions	236
			Pure Exchange Conditions	242
			Interpersonal Optimal Conditions	249
			New Versus Old Welfare Economics	255
			Conclusion	258
	PART-II	260
		IX. THE STABILITY OF EQUILIBRIUM: COMPARATIVE STATICS AND DYNAMICS	260
			Introduction	260
			Comparative Statics	261
			Stability and Dynamics	263
			The Stability of Multiple Markets	272
			Analysis of the Keynesian System	279
		X. THE STABILITY OF EQUILIBRIUM: LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS	287
			Introduction	287
			Functional Equations and Stationary Solutions	289
			Linear and Nonlinear Systems	291
			The Nonlinear Differential Equation in One Variable	291
			Example: Logistic Law	294
			The Problem of Higher-Order Stability	297
			An Example of One-sided Stability-Instability: Malthusian and Optimum Population Theories	299
			Systems of Equations in "n" Variables	302
			The Stability of a Stationary Position which is also a Maximum	304
			The Difference Equation in One Variable	305
			Analytic Solution	310
			Other Functional Equations	311
		XI. SOME FUNDAMENTALS OF DYNAMICAL THEORY	314
			Statics and Dynamics	314
			Causal Systems	320
			Stationary States and their Generalization	323
			Resolution of the Problem	332
			Concepts of Stability	336
			Nature of the Business Cycle	338
			Endogenous Models	339