Journal of Economic Literature
Book Reviews
2026-09-01
Lauren E. Feiler of Carleton College reviews “Augustin Cournot: Modelling Economics” by Jean-Philippe Touffut,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Seven papers, originally presented at a conference held at the Cournot Centre for Economic Studies in December 2005, examine the pioneering work of Antoine Augustin Cournot in the fields of economics, game theory, sociology, and epistemology of probability and statistics. Papers discuss Cournot as economist--two hundred years of relevance (Jean Magnan de Bornier); Cournot’s probabilistic epistemology (Thierry Martin); the functions of economic models (Bernard Walliser); the move from Cournot’s principle to market efficiency (Glenn Shafer); war and peace (Robert J. Aumann); Cournot and the social income (Robert M. Solow); and comparing the incomparable--the sociology of statistics (Alain Desrosieres). Touffut is Director of the Cournot Centre for Economic Studies. Index.”