Augustin Cournot: Modelling Economics

摘要

Nearly every economics student knows of Antoine Augustin Cournot, but I would wager that few economists appreciate the many contributions that Cournot has made, both within economics and mathematics and in other fields, such as philosophy. Augustin Cournot: Modelling Economics is a compilation of seven conference papers discussing Cournot's prescient ideas and their applicability today. According to the authors of the introduction, Thierry Martin and Jean-Philippe Touffut, "the aim is above all to pay homage to Cournot's originality and modernity in the area of social mathematics, and more precisely in the field of economics" (pp.1-2). The book succeeds in that aim.