Principles of Economics (Marshall book)

Principles of Economics
Alfred Marshall, Principles of Economics, Great Minds Series, Year 1890.
AuthorAlfred Marshall
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEconomics
Publication date
1890

Principles of Economics[1] is a leading political economy or economics textbook of Alfred Marshall (1842–1924), first published in 1890.[2][3] It was the standard text for generations of economics students. Called his magnum opus,[4] it ran to eight editions by 1920.[5] A ninth (variorum) edition was published in 1961, edited in 2 volumes by C. W. Guillebaud.[6]

  1. ^ Marshall, Alfred (1920). Principles of Economics (Revised ed.). London: Macmillan; reprinted by Prometheus Books. ISBN 1-57392-140-8.
  2. ^ Marshall, Alfred (1890). Principles of Economics. Vol. 1 (First ed.). London: Macmillan. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  3. ^ Wagner, Adolf (1891). "Marshall's Principles of Economics". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 5 (3): 319–338. doi:10.2307/1879612. ISSN 0033-5533.
  4. ^ Whittaker, J.K. (1987). "Marshall, Alfred," The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, p. 350.
  5. ^ Whittaker, J.K. (1987). "Marshall, Alfred," The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, p. 362.
  6. ^ Whittaker, J.K. (1987). "Marshall, Alfred," The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, p. 363.