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Book SynopsisIf any single characteristic differentiates current, neoclassical economics from the classical economics of Adam Smith and David Ricardo, it is the use of mathematics. Pointing to the critical role of William Stanley Jevons (1835-1882), Margaret Schabas demonstrates that the advent of mathematical economics in late Victorian England resulted more f
Trade Review"Schabas has argued cogently that Jevons's economic theory was shaped by his views on logic and scientific method, and A World Ruled by Number constitutes a strong demonstration that the investigation of the development of economics gains much from a broadened perspective."--Economics and Philosophy
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*CHAPTER ONE. Mathematical Pursuits, pg. 1*CHAPTER TWO. Jevons's Life, pg. 12*CHAPTER THREE. The Mathematical Theory of Economics, pg. 31*CHAPTER FOUR. Logic and Scientific Method, pg. 54*CHAPTER FIVE. Markets and Mechanics, pg. 80*CHAPTER SIX. Response to the Theory, pg. 98*CHAPTER SEVEN. Mathematical Economics Takes Hold, pg. 119*CHAPTER EIGHT. Mathematical Hegemony, pg. 135*Notes, pg. 141*Select Bibliography, pg. 177*Index, pg. 187
