A World Ruled by Number: William Stanley Jevons and the Rise of Mathematical Economics
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A World Ruled by Number: William Stanley Jevons and the Rise of Mathematical Economics
By (Author) Margaret Schabas
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
23rd September 2014
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Economic theory and philosophy
330.157
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Paperback
206
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
28g
Description
If any single characteristic differentiates current, neoclassical economics from the classical economics of Adam Smith and David Ricardo, it is the use of mathematics. Pointing to the critical role of William Stanley Jevons (1835-1882), Margaret Schabas demonstrates that the advent of mathematical economics in late Victorian England resulted more f
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"Schabas has argued cogently that Jevons's economic theory was shaped by his views on logic and scientific method, and A World Ruled by Number constitutes a strong demonstration that the investigation of the development of economics gains much from a broadened perspective."--Economics and Philosophy
