Alfred Marshall’s Economic Biology Mecca and Mechanical Analogies

Neil Hart
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Neil Hart: University of Western Sydney

Chapter 2 in Alfred Marshall and Modern Economics, 2013, pp 14-41 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The above passage, taken from the Preface to the last four of the eight editions of Marshall’s Principles, introduces the central themes under discussion in this chapter. The intended role of the biological and mechanical conceptualisations in Marshall’s writings is examined, together with the difficulties Marshall encountered in reconciling these different perspectives. The interpretation of these themes in Marshall’s work by his contemporaries and immediate followers is then considered, largely in the setting of the Marshallian cost controversies of the 1920s.2

Keywords: Competitive Equilibrium; Modern Economic; External Economy; Perfect Competition; Free Competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137029751_2

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