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History of the concept of supply and demand


   History of the concept of supply and demand


  amorze
 4/3/09
 

Early Muslin economists, including Ibn Taymiyyah, understood supply and demand. The first modern use of the term was by James Denham-Steuart in 1767.

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  bonnieginter
 4/3/09
 

Adam Smith used the phrase in his seminal work, The Wealth of Nations.

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  zapster
 4/3/09
 

Marginalism emerged in the late nineteenth century.

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