I've been reading up a lot on the recent financial crisis, and central to the story is the existence of general equilibrium models in economics, say, as proven by Arrow and Debreu (and MacKenzie?). Regardless of the real-world validity of these models (they're not looking so hot these days), I'm interested in them as a purely mathematical exercise. So, that said, does anyone know of a good (preferably available online) exposition of the existence of a general equilibrium aimed at mathematicians?
[Math] General Equilibrium for Mathematicians
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Best Answer
It would be hard to beat Debreu's Theory of Value
http://cowles.econ.yale.edu/P/cm/m17/index.htm
a masterpiece of economic and economical exposition.