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The Marginalists Who Confronted Land

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. Although the neoclassical turn in economics demoted land as a factor, important economists of neoclassical thinking, from neoclassical predecessors such Hermann‐Heinrich Gossen through figures such as Leon Walras, did view land as a distinct factor of production. Walras, in particular, favored the use of land rent for public revenue. This paper examines the treatment of land by several neoclassical and Austrian economists and shows how, although the neoclassical school today has managed to bury land, some of the key figures who founded these schools did confront land as a factor. The burial of land is thus not inherent in neoclassical economics, but is a historical development that can be reversed.

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  • Fred E. Foldvary, 2008. "The Marginalists Who Confronted Land," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 67(1), pages 89-117, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ajecsc:v:67:y:2008:i:1:p:89-117
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2007.00561.x
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