The unending search for universal and lasting peace: From Leon Walras to Jan Tinbergen and beyond

Explores the study of peace and war as a reflection of equilibrium versus disequilibrium conditions as applied in international relations. Concentrates on the contribution of two economists, Leon Walras, deemed a classical master of integrated micro‐analysis, and Jan Tinbergen, a modern scientist, to the challenge or reaching and maintaining a universal and lasting peace. Looks at Walras as a social economist, his version of the social question and social peace, his sowing of seeds for a new doctrine of human solidarity, his resolution of the conflict between the concept of justice of equality and justice of equity, and his proposal of nationalization of land as a panacea for all social ills in a modern society. Compares this with a look at Tinbergen as a social economist, his holistic approach to theoretical analysis, and his solution to the World problems of poverty and political insecurity.