The Theory of Political Economy

W. Stanley Jevons strives to express his individual view of the political economy while expanding upon previous theories and texts by other authors such as Adam Smith T.R. Malthus and J.S. Mill. This fifth edition of The Theory of Political Economy offers new concepts and a unique approach to the established economic doctrine. In addition H. Stanley Jevons the son of the author supplies readers with an expanded comprehensive bibliography of mathematical-economic texts from 1857-1888 as well as prefaces written by his mother father and himself. English economist and logician WILLIAM STANLEY JEVONS (1835-1882) was born in Liverpool. He studied chemistry and botany at University College London and was later professor of logic and political economy at Owens College Manchester. He is also the author of The Theory of Political Economy (1871) and The State in Relation to Labour (1882).