The Marginal Revolution in Economics: Interpretation and Evaluation

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Author(s): R. D. Collison Black, A. W. Coats, Craufurd D. W. Goodwin (eds)
Publisher: Duke University Press
Year: 1973

Language: English
Pages: 372
City: Durham, North Carolina

Contents (v)......Page 4
Preface (vii)......Page 5
Blaug—Was There a Marginal Revolution? (3)......Page 8
Howey—The Origins of Marginalism (15)......Page 20
Coats—The Economic and Social Context of the Marginal Revolution of the 1870's (37)......Page 42
Winch—Marginalism and the Boundaries of Economic Science (59)......Page 64
de Marchi—Mill and Cairnes and the Emergence of Marginalism in England (78)......Page 83
Black—W. S. Jevons and the Foundation of Modern Economics (98)......Page 103
Jaffé—Léon Walras's Role in the "Marginal Revolution" of the 1870s (113)......Page 118
Tarascio—Vilfredo Pareto and Marginalism (140)......Page 145
Streissler—To What Extent Was the Austrian School Marginalist? (160)......Page 165
Hutchison—The "Marginal Revolution" and the Decline and Fall of English Classical Political Economy (176)......Page 181
Spengler—The Marginal Revolution and Concern with Economic Growth (203)......Page 208
Meek—Marginalism and Marxism (233)......Page 238
Barucci—The Spread of Marginalism in Italy, 1871–1890 (246)......Page 251
Matsuura—Marginalism in Japan (267)......Page 272
Goodwin—Marginalism Moves to the New World (285)......Page 290
Stigler—The Adoption of the Marginal Utility Theory (305)......Page 310
Shackle—Marginalism: The Harvest (321)......Page 326
Coats—Retrospect and Prospect (337)......Page 342
Index (359)......Page 364