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Léon Walras was a socialist, too. He was in avour of the nationalization of land and he actively promoted the co-operative movement.

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
by Melanchthon on Sun Sep 27th, 2009 at 06:50:17 PM EST
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Given that Walrus considered himself a gradualist socialist it is highly ironic that he is probably best known today for the neo-classicals who resort to the IS-LM model and invoke Walrus' Law to avoid having to provide a real model of the labor markets. (The assumption is that if the capital and the goods markets are in equilibrium, then, per Walrus' Law, the labor markets must also be in equilibrium.) A socialist who comes to be known for providing justification for ignoring labor markets!  Steve Keen has written interesting posts that deal with the subject recently.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Sep 27th, 2009 at 11:15:54 PM EST
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"The time has come," Walras said
"To talk of many things:
Of stocks--and bonuses--and default swaps--
Of green shoots--and CEOs--
And why the market is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."...

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
by Melanchthon on Mon Sep 28th, 2009 at 12:00:35 AM EST
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"The time has come", Herr Walrus said,
"To speak of many things,
Of default swaps and CDOs,
Of bonuses and CEOs,
And why the market is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."...

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Mon Sep 28th, 2009 at 12:44:53 AM EST
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