Augustin Cournot: Modelling Economics

'This rich and fascinating collection of essays helps enormously to establish the reputation of Augustin Cournot as a diverse and powerful thinker, whose numerous contributions range far beyond his widely acknowledged model of oligopoly. Cournot is revealed not merely as a mathematician, but one who was engaged in philosophical debates concerning epistemology and the nature of science. Anyone with the preconception that the development of modern economics was confined to the Anglophone world Ð from Smith through Marshall to the Nobel Laureates of today Ð will be amazed by the details of CournotÕs contribution revealed here.Õ Ð Geoffrey M. Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire, UK