========================= HES POSTING ================== Dear colleagues, Does anyone know when the term "utility" was first used in economics? Did its use over time change (especially in the 19th Century and before (?)), and if so, how and why? I am looking either for references to primary or secondary sources. Thanks in advance, Wilfred Dolfsma Erasmus University Rotterdam email [log in to unmask] ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]