The Economics of Vilfredo Pareto

Part 1 Introduction. Part 2 Vilfredo Pareto - his life and his economic theories: the man; the economist; the Cours and the Manuel; Pareto's major contributions to economics. Part 3 Pareto's methodological approach: ethical neutrality; economic sociology; Leon Walras and Pareto; note on the second school of Lausanne. Part 4 The Pareto optimum and welfare economics: a social welfare function; the theory of second best. Part 5 The law of income distribution: extracts from the Cours. Part 6 Utility theory and general economic equilibrium: extracts from the Cours and the Manuel. Part 7 General equilibrium theory: notes on production and marginal productivity theories; extracts from the Cours and the Manuel. Part 8 Pareto's minor contributions to theory: capital; rent; theory of the firm; monopoly and other forms of imperfect competition; the theory of money; economic crises and fluctuations; the theory of international trade; collective economies. Part 9 Conclusion.