Associations to the word «Jevons»
Noun
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Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
JEVONS PARADOX, noun. (economics) The proposition that technological progress that increases the efficiency with which a resource is used tends to increase (rather than decrease) the rate of consumption of that resource.
Dictionary definition
JEVONS, noun. English economist and logician who contributed to the development of the theory of marginal utility (1835-1882).
Wise words
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words
were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only,
and not for things themselves.