The Theory of Political Economy

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The Theory of Political Economy is an influential 1871 book by William Stanley Jevons that helped found marginalist economics by emphasizing utility and marginal analysis in value theory.

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instanceOf book
economics book
argues economic laws are analogous to physical laws
value depends on marginal utility rather than total utility
author William Stanley Jevons NERFINISHED
contemporaryWith Carl Menger's Principles of Economics NERFINISHED
Léon Walras's Elements of Pure Economics NERFINISHED
contributesTo mathematical economics
subjective theory of value
theory of value
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticizes classical labor theory of value
divides economics into theory and practice
emphasizes marginal analysis
marginal utility
utility
hasChapterOn theory of capital
theory of exchange
theory of interest
theory of labour
theory of utility
hasEdition fourth edition
second edition
third edition
historicalContext marginal revolution in the 1870s
influenced Alfred Marshall NERFINISHED
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth NERFINISHED
Vilfredo Pareto NERFINISHED
marginalist revolution in economics
neoclassical economics NERFINISHED
language English
libraryOfCongressClassification HB171
notableFor early systematic use of marginal utility in English-language economics
helping to found marginalist economics
proposes final degree of utility concept
publicationCity London NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1871
publisher Macmillan NERFINISHED
respondsTo classical political economy
secondEditionYear 1879
subject economics
marginal analysis
marginalist economics
political economy
utility theory
value theory
thirdEditionYear 1888
usesMethod mathematical formulation of economic laws

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William Stanley Jevons notableWork The Theory of Political Economy