The Economics of W.S. Jevons

By Sandra J. Peart

William Stanley Jevons occupies a pivotal position in the history of economic thought, spanning the transition from classical to neo-classical economics and playing a key role in the Marginal Revolution. The breadth of Jevons's work is examined here which: * includes a detailed consideration of a wide range of his work-policy, theoretical, methodological, applied and empirical * relies on textual exegis * takes account of a wide range of secondary sources A new approach to the 'Jevonian revolution' is adopted, which emphasizes the link between poverty and economics and focuses on the nature and meaning of rationality in Jevonian economics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415067138
• ISBN13: 9780415067133
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.1" x 9.2"