Principles of Economics

Alfred Marshall1890book

Selected reading: Marginal valuation and market-adjustment arguments.

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  • What gives something value?

    coreMarginal valuation and market-adjustment arguments

    Trace the selected marginal and market-adjustment argument using the same good as your earlier comparison.

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Read background definitions when a term blocks the argument. Then return to the source and reconstruct its claim in your own words.

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    Carl Menger. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • The Use of Knowledge in Society

    Friedrich Hayek. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • Value and Capital

    John Hicks. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • Microeconomic Theory

    Mas-Colell, Whinston · Green. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • Misbehaving

    Richard Thaler. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.