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It took from a hundred to a hundred and fifty or two hundred years for the astronomy of Kepler to become the astronomy of Newton and Laplace, and for the mechanics of Galileo to become the mechanics of d'Alembert and Lagrange. On the other hand, less than a century has elapsed between the publication of Adam Smith's work and the contributions of Cournot, Gossen, Jevons, and myself.

Léon Walras

Léon Walras

Léon Walras

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Born: December 16, 1834

Died: January 5, 1910 (aged 75)

Bio: Marie-Esprit-Léon Walras was a French mathematical economist. He formulated the marginal theory of value and pioneered the development of general equilibrium theory.

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Studies in Applied Economics
Studies in Social Economics

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