KnowraMarginalismLinked fromLinked fromThe 12 pages that link to Marginalism, each with the reason it gives.All 12Broader topic 2Related 1Narrower topic 4Compared with 5Max WeberCompared with: Weber’s historical sociology differed from explanations centered primarily on abstract economic theory.Classical economicsCompared with: It shifted value analysis away from classical emphasis on production and labor toward marginal valuation.Neoclassical economicsBroader topic: Marginal changes, rather than total quantities alone, drive many neoclassical explanations.Marginal UtilityNarrower topic: Marginal utility is one application of this broader way of analyzing incremental choices.Surplus valueCompared with: It explains economic value through individual valuations rather than socially necessary labor.Léon WalrasNarrower topic: Walras belonged to the marginalist transformation that reshaped economic theory in the 1870s.Carl MengerNarrower topic: Menger’s work helped establish marginal analysis alongside parallel developments elsewhere.Alfred MarshallNarrower topic: Marshall’s work formed part of the marginalist shift that transformed economic theory.Value TheoryRelated: Marginal analysis links incremental utility and cost to valuation and choice.History of Economic ThoughtBroader topic: Its late nineteenth-century rise redirected economics toward individual choice and market equilibrium.Criticism of MarxismCompared with: It offers a different explanation of prices from Marx's labor theory of value.Law of valueCompared with: Its account of prices differs from Marx’s labor-centered explanation.