How influential was mechanics in the development of neoclassical economics? A small example for a large question.

DOI10.1017/S1053837210000489MaRDI QIDQ3074584zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ivor Grattan-Guinness

Publication date 9 February 2011

Published in Journal of the History of Economic Thought (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s1053837210000489

zbMATH Keywords

history of mechanicsneoclassical economists

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of game theory, economics, and finance (91-03) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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