TY - BOOK AU - Gibbs, Willard J. TI - Foundations of economic analysis: mathematics is a language AV - HB135.S24 PY - 1972/// CY - New York PB - Atheneum KW - Economics, mathematics N1 - Includes index; Contents: Introduction -- Equilibrium systems and comparative statics -- The Theory of maximizing behaviour -- A Comprehensive restatement of the theory of cost and production -- The Pure theory of consumer's behaviour -- Transformations, composite commodities, and rationing -- Some special aspects of the theory of consumer's behaviour -- Welfare economics -- The Stability of equilibrium: Comparative statics and dynamics -- The Stability of equilibrium: Linear and non-linear systems -- Some fundamentals of dynamical theory -- Conclusion -- Mathematical appendix A -- Mathematical Appendix B: Difference equations ER -