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Alfred Marshall’s Economic Biology Mecca and Mechanical Analogies

In: Alfred Marshall and Modern Economics

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  • Neil Hart

    (University of Western Sydney
    University of New South Wales)

Abstract

The above passage, taken from the Preface to the last four of the eight editions of Marshall’s Principles, introduces the central themes under discussion in this chapter. The intended role of the biological and mechanical conceptualisations in Marshall’s writings is examined, together with the difficulties Marshall encountered in reconciling these different perspectives. The interpretation of these themes in Marshall’s work by his contemporaries and immediate followers is then considered, largely in the setting of the Marshallian cost controversies of the 1920s.2

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  • Neil Hart, 2013. "Alfred Marshall’s Economic Biology Mecca and Mechanical Analogies," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Alfred Marshall and Modern Economics, chapter 2, pages 14-41, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-02975-1_2
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137029751_2
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