Utility was already a highly prevalent productivity frame by 1890–1909: around 70% of all sampled textbooks and about 78% of texts discussing the boundary used it; after 1909 the range was 89–100%, and all boundary-discussing texts in 1910–1944 used it.
Evidence (3)
What counts as productive? Redefining ‘producers’ in economic discourse, 1890–1960 — Post-marginal-revolution contestation: utility expands the producer boundary, but competing frames persist
the marginal revolution made utility even more central to economic discourse
https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2024.2404355#unit-5-p2
What counts as productive? Redefining ‘producers’ in economic discourse, 1890–1960 — Post-marginal-revolution contestation: utility expands the producer boundary, but competing frames persist
the marginal revolution made utility even more central to economic discourse
https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2024.2404355#unit-5-p2
What counts as productive? Redefining ‘producers’ in economic discourse, 1890–1960 — Post-marginal-revolution contestation: utility expands the producer boundary, but competing frames persist
the marginal revolution made utility even more central to economic discourse
https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2024.2404355#unit-5-p2
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