William Stanley Jevons and the Making of Modern Economics

Klappentext This book examines William Stanley Jevons's role in revolutionizing nineteenth-century economics. Zusammenfassung The Victorian polymath William Stanley Jevons (1835–82) is generally and rightly venerated as one of the great innovators of economic theory and method. This book is an investigation into the cultural and intellectual resources that Jevons drew upon to revolutionize research methods in economics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The prying eyes of the natural scientist; 2. William Stanley Jevons: Victorian polymath; 3. The black arts of induction; 4. Mimetic experiments; 5. Engines of discovery; 6. The machinery of the mind; 7. The private laboratory of the mind; 8. The laws of human enjoyment; 9. Timing history; 10. Balancing acts; 11. The image of economics.

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• Authors: Harro Maas, Harro (Universiteit Van Amsterdam) Maas, Maas Harro
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521154734
• ISBN: 978-0-521-15473-4
• No. of pages: 354
• Series: Historical Perspectives on Mod; Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy