Associations to the word «Jevons»
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).
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