Talk:Foundations of Economic Analysis

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Welcome. Your turn, either here or with edits in the article. As Prof. Samuelson would say, Skoal!' Thomasmeeks 10:03, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Main contribution?

Thomas-- thanks for writing a great and important article, but I feel it's really dense reading. Starting with a long quote from the book makes it hard for the reader to get a quick idea of the main point.

Therefore, I think it would be a good idea to state at the very beginning of the article why Samuelson's book is considered so important. As I understand, it is principally recognized for introducing the comparative statics method. --Rinconsoleao 10:27, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Thx for your comments, Rinconsoleao. I'm taking what you said in the spirit in which it was given --constructively-- & will try to come up with something that would address your concern in a definitive way (if I can) in the next few days. That's assuming you don't write first what I wish had, which would be fine too. Samuelson's quotation that you mention is itself a classic, esp. given its length. Who says Samuelson didn't give fair warning (and the article too?)? I did work in the Kehoe (1987, p. 517) reference, which I think accurately assesses Samuelson's contribution to comparative statics (in particular, relative to Hicks's Value and Capital). Excellent Metzler book review that you added. I'll probably consult that further. --Thomasmeeks 15:09, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

I'll try too... and I will leave a note on your page whenever I get around to it. --Rinconsoleao 15:26, 10 July 2007 (UTC)