Analytical Economics : Issues and Problems

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE -- NOTE ON THE CONTENTS OF THE VOLUME -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PART I. INTRODUCTION: SOME ORIENTATION ISSUES IN ECONOMICS -- ONE. SCIENCE: A BRIEF EVOLUTIONARY ANALYSIS -- TWO. CONCEPTS, NUMBERS, AND QUALITY -- THREE. SOME OBJECT LESSONS FROM PHYSICS -- FOUR. EVOLUTION VERSUS MECHANICS -- FIVE. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS FOR THE ECONOMIST -- PART II. CHOICE: UTILITY AND EXPECTATION -- 1. THE PURE THEORY OF CONSUMER'S BEHAVIOR -- 2. THE THEORY OF CHOICE AND THE CONSTANCY OF ECONOMIC LAWS -- 3. CHOICE, EXPECTATIONS, AND MEASURABILITY -- 4. CHOICE AND REVEALED PREFERENCE -- 5. THRESHOLD IN CHOICE AND THE THEORY OF DEMAND1 -- 6. THE NATURE OF EXPECTATION AND UNCERTAINTY -- PART III. SPECIAL TOPICS OF PRODUCTION -- 7. FIXED COEFFICIENTS OF PRODUCTION AND THE MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY THEORY -- 8. RELAXATION PHENOMENA IN LINEAR DYNAMIC MODELS -- 9. SOME PROPERTIES OF A GENERALIZED LEONTIEF MODEL -- 10. LIMITATIONALITY, LIMITATIVENESS, AND ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM -- PART IV. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- 11. ECONOMIC THEORY AND AGRARIAN ECONOMICS -- 12. MATHEMATICAL PROOFS OF THE BREAKDOWN OF CAPITALISM -- ANALYTICAL INDEX -- INDEX OF NAMES