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William Stanley Jevons

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in Liverpool, The United Kingdom

September 01, 1835

Died

December 13, 1901

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William Stanley Jevons, LL.D., MA, FRS was an English economist and logician.

Irving Fisher described Jevons' book A General Mathematical Theory of Political Economy (1862) as the start of the mathematical method in economics. It made the case that economics as a science concerned with quantities is necessarily mathematical. In so doing, it expounded upon the "final" (marginal) utility theory of value. Jevons' work, along with similar discoveries made by Carl Menger in Vienna (1871) and by Léon Walras in Switzerland (1874), marked the opening of a new period in the history of economic thought. Jevons' contribution to the marginal revolution in economics in the late 19th century established his reputation as a leading political economist and ...more

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Average rating: 3.56 · 175 ratings · 24 reviews · 97 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Theory of Political Economy (1879) 3.92 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1871 — 130 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الاقتصاد السياسي by William Stanley Jevons, ويليام ستانلي جيفونس, علي أبو الفتوح (مترجم) 2.63 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elementary Lessons in Logic: Deductive and Inductive: With Copious Questions and Examples, and a Vocabulary of Logical Terms 3.64 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1888 — 229 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Money and the Mechanism of Exchange 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1875 — 237 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Coal Question 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1866 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Principles Of Science: A Treatise On Logic And Scientific Method 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1874 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Logic really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1876 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The State in Relation to Labour really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1882 — 90 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Substitution of Similars, the True Principle of Reasoning, Derived from a Modification of Aristotle's Dictum it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1869 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	William Jevons on Economy and Social Reform by William Stanley Jevons, Timeless Books (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The more refined and intellectual our needs become, the less they are capable of satiety.”
― William Stanley Jevons

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“The whole question of the steam engine is one of economy. It's development consist of nothing but the quest for greater efficiency.”
― William Stanley Jevons

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“The theory of Economics must begin with a correct theory of consumption.”
― William Stanley Jevons, The Theory of Political Economy

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