Alfred Marshall

Tags: Economist.

Alfred Marshall (26 July 1842 – 13 July 1924) was one of the most influential economists of his time. His book Principles of Economics (1890) was the dominant economic textbook in England for many years. It brings the ideas of supply and demand marginal utility and costs of production into a coherent whole. He is known as one of the founders of economics.

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birth date

1842-07-26

birth place

London, Bermondsey

death date

1924-07-13

death place

Cambridge

influenced

Neoclassical economics, Gary Becker, John Maynard Keynes, Arthur Cecil Pigou

influenced by

Léon Walras, Vilfredo Pareto, Jules Dupuit, Henry Sidgwick, William Stanley Jevons

LCCN Id

n/50/40963

nationality

British people