General Equilibrium: The New Palgrave

This book contains the entries on General Equilibrium Theory from the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. The entries are short essays by the contributors on various topics, usually in the form of small surveys on a specific topic. The list of contributors reads like a Who-is-Who of GET (Debreu, Scarf, McKenzie, Smale, Hildenbrand, Radner...)Pretty much every relevant topic is covered, from general surveys of GE to specific questions like the role of the free-disposal-assumption in existence proofs. The essays are well written enough to be read for pure enjoyment, but equally useful as a starting point for the investigation of the various questions. Some essays are a little bit technical, but that's to be expected, given the subject field. At least grad students should be able to understand all of it.