Marshall?s early encounter with the problems of knowledge shaped his attitude to both the method and content of economics. Theorists should avoid long chains of reasoning in favour of close contact with reality, and recognise that economic progress depends on the growth of knowledge through the...

In the development of the general equilibrium theories, Hicks and Allais played an essential role. We are studying here the contributions which were theirs respectively in Value and Capital (1939) and in the Traité d’économie pure (1943). The accent is put on three points: the theory of...

Dans le développement des théories de l’équilibre général, Hicks et Allais ont joué un rôle essentiel. On étudie ici les contributions qui furent les leurs respectivement dans Valeur et Capital (1939) et dans le Traité d’économie pure (1943). L’accent est mis sur trois points :...