Journal Articles

1. Wible, JR; Hoover, KD, Mathematical Economics Comes to America: Charles S. Peirce's Engagement with Cournot's Recherches Sur Les Principes Mathematiques De La Théorie Des Richesses, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, vol. 37 no. 04 (December, 2015), pp. 511-536, Cambridge University Press (CUP) [doi].
   (last updated on 2026/01/18)

   Abstract:
   Although Cournot’s mathematical economics was generally neglected until the mid-1870s, he was taken up and carefully studied by the Scientific Club of Cambridge, Massachusetts, even before his “discovery” by Walras and Jevons. The episode is reconstructed from fragmentary manuscripts of the pragmatist philosopher Charles S. Peirce, a sophisticated mathematician. Peirce provides a subtle interpretation and anticipates Bertrand’s criticisms.