History of consumer demand theory 1871 - 1971: A Neo-Kantian rational reconstruction

Ivan Moscati ()

The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2007, vol. 14, issue 1, 119-156

Abstract: This paper examines the history of the neoclassical theory of consumer demand from 1871 to 1971 by bringing into play the knowledge theory of the Marburg School, a Neo-Kantian philosophical movement. The work aims to show the usefulness of a Marburg-inspired epistemology in rationalizing the development of consumer analysis and, more generally, to understand the principles that regulate the process of knowing in neoclassical economics.

Keywords: Consumer theory; demand theory; utility theory; Neo-Kantianism; Marburg School; systematicity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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