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"The Marginal Utility of Income" > We have thus confirmed the (cardinalist) assumption of nineteenth century economists that marginal utility of income decline
by enragedcacti 2y ago
"The Marginal Utility of Income"
> We have thus confirmed the (cardinalist) assumption of nineteenth century economists that marginal utility of income declines with income.
https://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0784.pdf https://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0784.pdf
People say stuff that needs evidence then say "according to economic theory" like its a source.
(fwiw I agree that this isn't a good argument for a log scale)