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William Stanley Jevons Quotes: I feel quite unable to adopt the opinion that the moment goods pass into the possession of the consumer they cease altogether to have the attributes of capital.
         

I feel quite unable to adopt the opinion that the moment goods pass into the possession of the consumer they cease altogether to have the attributes of capital.


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As a general rule, it is foolish to do just what other people are doing, because there are almost sure to be too many people doing the same thing.



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The theory which follows is entirely based on a calculus of pleasure and pain; and the object of economics is to maximize happiness by purchasing pleasure, as it were, at the lowest cost of pain.



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but, in reality, there is no such thing as an exact science.



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A correct theory is the first step towards improvement, by showing what we need and what we might accomplish.





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