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The Theory of Political Economy

Foundational Marginalist Economics Text, 1871

William Stanley Jevons's 1871 treatise, one of three works that independently launched the marginalist revolution alongside Carl Menger's Principles of Economics and Leon Walras's Elements of Pure Economics, arguing that value derives from marginal utility rather than embodied labor.

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The Theory of Political Economy
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)

This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Articles, 7 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
  • Concepts, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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