This paper is a continuation and completion of my article “Revisiting Cournot and Neoclassical Economics” (Nomidis 2023). It continues the search for the reasons that led Cournot and later Neoclassical theorists to consider an infinite number of minimal-size firms as a necessary condition...

Cournot influenced neoclassical economics deeply on two significant issues. First, on the issue of the price taking concept and horizontal demand curve for the firm, by the misinterpretation of his price stability condition by the neo-classical theorists. And second, on the issue of the number...