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Contradictions of the Marginal Utility Theory of Value? : Identifying Some Logical Errors

2024 - Franco Angeli

53-98 p.

This article engages in an exploration and identification of potential internal contradictions such as logical errors in the marginal utility theory of value. Specifi-cally, it explores and attempts to identify possible logical contradictions between certain integral elements and aspects of this theory. It first investigates and ana-lyzes potential logical contradictions between the 'law of satiable wants' and the 'law' of diminishing marginal utility within the marginal utility theory of value fo-cusing on its early formulations and later elaborations. It then explores and ana-lyzes possible logical contradictions between the status of marginal utility theory as a subjective or individualistic and as a psychological theory of value. It con-cludes that the marginal utility theory of value manifests certain internal contra-dictions in the form of logical errors. [Testo dell'editore].

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History of Economic Thought and Policy : 1, 2024