Principles of Economics, Book 1: Preliminary Survey

Alfred Marshall (1842 - 1924)

Principles of Economics was a leading economics textbook of Alfred Marshall (1842-1924), first published in 1890. Marshall began writing the book in 1881, and he spent much of the next decade at work on it.

His plan for the work gradually extended to a two-volume compilation on the whole of economic thought; the first volume was published in 1890 to worldwide acclaim that established him as one of the leading economists of his time. It brought the ideas of supply and demand, of marginal utility and of the costs of production into a coherent whole, and became the dominant economic textbook in England for a long period. The second volume, which was to address foreign trade, money, trade fluctuations, taxation, and collectivism, was never published at all. (Summary from Wikipedia)

This reading is based on the eighth edition, published in 1920.

Genre(s): Business & Economics

Language: English

Group: Principles of Economics

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Preface to the First Edition Carl Manchester
00:14:37
Play 02 Preface to the Eighth Edition economist
00:10:57
Play 03 Introduction Carmina Sansone
00:27:53
Play 04 The Substance of Economics Nikki Sullivan
00:28:43
Play 05 Economic Generalisations or Laws Laura Caldwell
00:20:50
Play 06 The Order and Aims of Economic Studies Sibella Denton
00:24:45