William Stanley Jevons
A 19th-century British economist who, in his 1865 work The Coal Question, formulated the famous Jevons Paradox, demonstrating the economic principle that improvements in technological efficiency can result in increased total resource consumption rather than reduced consumption.
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Jevons' paradox was first proposed by British economist William Stanley Jevons in 1865 in his book 'The Coal Question.'
Jevons' paradox was systematically elaborated by economist William Stanley Jevons in his 1865 work The Coal Question, and refers to the phenomenon whereby increased efficiency leads to greater total consumption.
Jevons' Paradox was proposed by British economist William Stanley Jevons in 1865, observing that improvements in steam engine efficiency actually led to an increase in total coal consumption.
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The Jevons paradox originates from 19th-century economist William Stanley Jevons's observation about coal consumption: when steam engine efficiency improved and the cost of using coal fell, Britain's total coal consumption rose rather than fell.
Jevons' Paradox was proposed by British economist William Stanley Jevons in 1865, observing that improvements in steam engine efficiency actually led to an increase in total coal consumption.
Jevons' paradox holds that improvements in technological efficiency tend to lead to growth rather than contraction in total demand, and was first proposed by British economist William Stanley Jevons in 1865.
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Jevons' paradox was first proposed by British economist William Stanley Jevons in 1865 in his book 'The Coal Question.'
90%VerifiedJevons' paradox was systematically elaborated by economist William Stanley Jevons in his 1865 work The Coal Question, and refers to the phenomenon whereby increased efficiency leads to greater total consumption.
70%VerifiedJevons' Paradox was proposed by British economist William Stanley Jevons in 1865, observing that improvements in steam engine efficiency actually led to an increase in total coal consumption.
65%VerifiedJevons' paradox holds that improvements in technological efficiency tend to lead to growth rather than contraction in total demand, and was first proposed by British economist William Stanley Jevons in 1865.
65%UnverifiedThe Jevons paradox originates from 19th-century economist William Stanley Jevons's observation about coal consumption: when steam engine efficiency improved and the cost of using coal fell, Britain's total coal consumption rose rather than fell.
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