Principles of Economics
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In the beginning, there was Menger. It was his Principles of Economics that reformulated — and really rescued — economic science from the theoretical errors of the old classical school.Menger set out to elucidate the precise nature of economic value, and to root economics firmly in the real-world actions of…
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Often credited as the book that launched the “Austrian School,” Menger’s 1871 masterpiece marked a revolutionary correction in the widely accepted theory on the source of economic value prevailing at the time. Menger convincingly made the case that the economic value of goods comes from the mind of the individual–not from the labor inputs used to make it.
Menger further explained that people evaluate the value of goods on the margins–that is, of the next marginal unit–and not just of a good in general. This insight was so profound that it kicked off what was called the “marginal revolution” in…
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