Associations to the word «Jevons»
Noun
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Adjective
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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
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.