See also:

Backhouse R. E. 1990 Competition. In Creedy J. (ed.) Foundations of
Economic Thought, Oxford, Blackwell, pp. 58-86.

and

Dennis K. G. 1977, Competition in the History of Economic Thought, Arno
Press, New York.

> A good place to start is George Stigler's "Perfect competition,
> historically contemplated", JPE (1957), 65(1): 1-17
> and James A. Clifton, "Competition and the evolution of the capitalist
> mode
> of production", Camb. J. Econ. (1977) 1(2): 137-151
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Bruce Caldwell
> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> Dear SHOE list:
>>
>> I got the following 2 questions from Paul Rubin. Any takers?
>> Question:  When was "competition" first used in economics.  Harder
>> question: Why is the economy called "competitive" when it is actually
>> cooperative?
>> Please answer to the list, and I'll forward the consensus answers (if
>> they
>> emerge) to him.
>> Bruce Caldwell
>>
>


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