this quest focused neo classicals for nearly 100 years
since then ?
well
once fully unearthed
the requirements of this theoretical construct's optimal path
and its constant change in relative values
the project should have been abandoned
it wasn't and hasn't
the "moral" justification for capitalism still seems to rely on the existence
of such best possible though fantastical " dynamic" states of the system
the yellow brick road of social development capitalist style