Langbeschreibung
The notion of marginalism is central to modern economic theory. Its emergence, in the 1870s, underpinned the change from classical economics to modern (micro)economics, described by Schumpeter as a "revolution". This book explores the origins of the concept, its development and role in modern economics and shows why the marginalist approach is much more than a set of mathematical rules.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Value, cost and price: a historical introduction to marginalism2. Supply-side marginalism: Ricardo and the theory of rent3. Demand-side marginalism: Gossen as a forerunner of marginalism4. Jevons: mathematics, mechanics and marginalism5. Walras and general equilibrium theory6. Carl Menger, Friedrich von Wieser and the Austrian approach7. Alfred Marshall, John Bates Clark and the marginalist synthesis8. Marginalism in the twentieth century