Alfred Marshall was anxious to do good. Intended by an Evangelical
father for the vocation of clergyman, the author of the
mould-shaping Principles of Economics remained to the end of his
days a great preacher deeply committed to raising the tone of life.
First published in 1990, Alfred Marshall's Mission explains how
this most moral of political economists sought to blend the
downward sloping utility function of Jevons and Menger with the
organic evolutionism of Darwin and Spencer, how this celebrated
theorist of social alongside economic growth sought to combine the
mathematical marginalism of Cournot. Thunen and Edgeworth with the
ethical uplift of Green, Jowett and Toynbee. The conclusion reached
is that perhaps Marshall was, after all, too anxious to do good.
Far more economists, however, have been not anxious enough; and
that in itself gives this study of Marshall's life and times a
present day relevance which would, no doubt, have appealed strongly
to the shy Cambridge professor who is its subject.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Revivals |
Release date: |
November 2012 |
First published: |
1990 |
Authors: |
David Reisman
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 138 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
310 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-67207-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Economics >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-67207-4 |
Barcode: |
9780415672078 |
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