Overview
- Provides a comprehensive overview of the Marginal Revolution
- Is contributed by leading experts in the field
- Includes an in-depth discussion of the topic
Part of the book series: Monographs in Mathematical Economics (MOME, volume 6)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This volume is devoted to a reappraisal of the Marginal Revolution on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.
The year 1871 should be remembered as one of the most important turning points in the history of economics. W. S. Jevons, C. Menger, and L. Walras published epochal works at the very beginning of the 1870s. Although these works were written independently, they shared a common mathematical structure based on classical analysis. For this reason, the emergence of the trio is called the Marginal Revolution. Indeed, 1871 is the starting point of modern economics in the proper sense.
In 1971, several academic conferences were held on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Revolution, which exerted the stimulating influence upon the historical researches into the Revolution. Now more than fifty years have passed since then. Economic theory has experienced further substantial changes in researchers’ central interest, the way of reasonings and the styles of description during this period. In view of the new achievements acquired in recent fifty years, it seems an indispensable task for us to review and reevaluate the Marginal Revolution based upon the present status of economics.
We also keep in mind that some concepts and doctrines once discarded could reappear in a later stage of history in a more or less transfigured form.
The introductory chapter will be a guide for readers not only from the economics community but also from the mathematics community.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Marginal Revolution in Economics
Book Subtitle: A Reappraisal
Editors: Toru Maruyama
Series Title: Monographs in Mathematical Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4342-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-4341-8Published: 03 January 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-4344-9Due: 03 February 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-4342-5Published: 02 January 2024
Series ISSN: 2364-8279
Series E-ISSN: 2364-8287
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 259
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations
Topics: Applications of Mathematics, Economics, general, Philosophy, general