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HES: Re: QUERY--Why Marshall reversed the axes?
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[log in to unmask] (Malcolm Rutherford)
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Fri Mar 31 17:18:50 2006
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Marshall did not reverse the axes.  For Marshall demand price and supply   
price were dependent variable, depending on quantity.  We now use Walras'   
explanations, with price as independent, but with Marshall's diagrams.  
  
Malcolm Rutherford  
 

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