Economics of W.S. Jevons

<p>William Stanley Jevons occupies a pivotal position in the history of economic thought spanning the transition from classical to neo-classical economics and playing a key role in the Marginal Revolution.<br> The breadth of Jevons's work is examined here which:<br> * includes a detailed consideration of a wide range of his work-policy theoretical methodological applied and empirical<br> * relies on textual exegis<br> * takes account of a wide range of secondary sources<br> A new approach to the 'Jevonian revolution' is adopted which emphasizes the link between poverty and economics and focuses on the nature and meaning of rationality in Jevonian economics.</p>