We re-examine issues of coordination in the standard RBC model. Can the unique rational expectations equilibrium be “educed” by rational agents who contemplate the possibility of small deviations from equilibrium? Surprisingly, we find that coordination along this line cannot be expected....

This is a slightly revised English version of a paper published in the "Revue d'Economie Politique" 112 (5) sept-oct 2002. The text reviews recent work on expectational coordination in general equilibrium models of the Walrasian tradition. It evokes briefly the multiplicity questions associated...