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Methods of Social Reform and Other Papers

Methods of Social Reform and Other Papers by W. Stanley Jevons is available as a free PDF and EPUB download at freecapitalists.org.

Author
W. Stanley Jevons and Harriet A. Jevons
First published
1883
Format
PDF and EPUB
Pages
249
Publisher
London: Macmillan, 1883; Online Library of Liberty edition
License
Public domain by publication date.

Jevons's essays and addresses on social questions, collected after his death in 1882 with a foreword by his wife, Harriet. They cover public libraries and museums, trade societies and partnerships, married women in factories, cruelty to animals, and the post office and railways, often weighing the limits of state action on economic grounds.

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William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882) was an English economist and logician. He is one of three economists (along with Léon Walras and Carl Menger) who developed the theory of marginal utility in 1871, thus transforming the understanding of the theory of value. This archive holds 5 of Jevons's works.

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63 chapters · 138,750 words · free to read here

  1. PREFACE.
  2. AMUSEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE.∗
  3. APPENDIX
  4. the RATIONALE OF FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES.∗
  5. THE USE AND ABUSE OF MUSEUMS.∗
  6. “CRAM.”∗
  7. TRADES SOCIETIES THEIR OBJECTS AND POLICY∗
  8. I.
  9. II.
  10. III.
  11. IV.
  12. V.
  13. VI.
  14. VII.
  15. VIII.
  16. IX.
  17. X.
  18. ON INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIPS.∗
  19. I.
  20. II.
  21. III.
  22. IV.
  23. V.
  24. VI.
  25. VII.
  26. VIII.
  27. IX.
  28. X.
  29. XI.
  30. XII.
  31. DISCUSSION.
  32. MARRIED WOMEN IN FACTORIES.∗
  33. INAUGURAL ADDRESS AS PRESIDENT OF THE MANCHESTER STATISTICAL SOCIETY on THE WORK OF THE SOCIETY IN CONNECTION WITH THE QUESTIONS OF THE DAY.∗
  34. I.
  35. II.
  36. III.
  37. IV.
  38. OPENING ADDRESS as PRESIDENT OF SECTION F (ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS) of the BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, At the Fortieth Meeting, at Liverpool, September, 1870.∗
  39. APPENDIX A.
  40. APPENDIX B.: ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE IRISH POPULATION AND THE RATE OF MORTALITY IN TOWNS.
  41. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS—A STUDY IN SOCIOLOGY.∗
  42. ON THE UNITED KINGDOM ALLIANCE AND ITS PROSPECTS OF SUCCESS.∗
  43. I.
  44. II.
  45. III.
  46. IV.
  47. V.
  48. VI.
  49. VII.
  50. VIII.
  51. IX.
  52. I.
  53. II.
  54. ON THE ANALOGY BETWEEN THE POST OFFICE, TELEGRAPHS, AND OTHER SYSTEMS OF CONVEYANCE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, AS REGARDS GOVERNMENT CONTROL.∗
  55. POSTSCRIPT.
  56. THE POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS AND THEIR FINANCIAL RESULTS.∗
  57. POSTAL NOTES, MONEY ORDERS, AND BANK CHEQUES.∗
  58. POSTSCRIPT.
  59. A STATE PARCEL POST.∗
  60. THE RAILWAYS AND THE STATE.∗

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W. Stanley Jevons 1835–1882

William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882) was an English economist and logician. He is one of three economists (along with Léon Walras and Carl Menger) who developed the theory of marginal utility in 1871, thus transforming the understanding of… Read more about W. Stanley Jevons.

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