History of Marginal Utility Theory

by Emil Kauder

Overview

The author blends historical narrative with a topical approach and discusses such aspects of the theory as measurement, total value, and imputation.

Originally published in 1965.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691624341
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	12/08/2015
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library , #2238
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter, pg. i
• Acknowledgments, pg. vii
• Contents, pg. ix
• Introduction: Object and Method, pg. xv
• Chapter I. The Philosophical Background, pg. 3
• Chapter II. Value-in-Use: The Forerunner of the Marginal Utility Theory, pg. 15
• Chapter III. Marginalists before Gossen, pg. 30
• Chapter IV. Gossen’s Synthesis, pg. 42
• Chapter V. The Rise of Marginalism, pg. 55
• Chapter VI. The Achievements: A Comparison of Menger, Jevons, and Walras, pg. 66
• Chapter VII. Sources and New Ideas, pg. 81
• Chapter VIII. Differences in Philosophy and Method, pg. 90
• Chapter IX. The Dominant Position of the Austrian School, pg. 103
• Chapter X. Rationality and Marginal Utility, pg. 116
• Chapter XI. The Meaning of Utility, pg. 127
• Chapter XII. The Law of Diminishing Utility, pg. 135
• Chapter XIII. Diminishing Utility and Marginal Substitution, pg. 143
• Chapter XIV. Total and Marginal Value, pg. 150
• Chapter XV. Household Planning, pg. 161
• Chapter XVI. Costs and Marginal Utility, pg. 168
• Chapter XVII. Imputation-I. Menger, Boehm- Bawerk, and Harts Mayer, pg. 177
• Chapter XVIII. Imputation-II. Wieser, von Neumann, and Morgenstern: The Mathematical Solutions, pg. 185
• Chapter XIX. The Measuring of Utility: Development Until 1934, pg. 191
• Chapter XX. Uncertainty and Measuring, pg. 200
• Chapter XXI. The Contemporary Situation, pg. 221
• Chapter XXII. The Chance of Survival, pg. 229
• Sources and Literature, pg. 232
• Index, pg. 237