Quote#Politics & Power
And thus the law may be worded:—
Quote byAlfred Marshall · 1842–1924
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Principles of Economics, (1890), Bk III, Ch. III. The Law of Demand.
English (original)
And thus the law may be worded:— The of a commodity to anyone diminishes with every increase in the amount of it he already has.
— Alfred Marshall
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