Jevons

American  

[jev-uhnz] / ˈdʒɛv ənz /

noun

1. William Stanley, 1835–82, English economist and logician.

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Jevons British  

/ ˈdʒɛvənz /

noun

1. William Stanley. 1835–82, English economist and logician: introduced the concept of final or marginal utility in The Theory of Political Economy (1871)

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Jevons

In the 21st century, investors should consider whether the Jevons Paradox will apply to the likely burgeoning supply of AI compute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

That’s in line with the phenomenon known as the Jevons paradox, which says that efficiency and affordability benefits ultimately net greater uptake of a product.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026

As the English political economist William Stanley Jevons found out more than a century ago, the more efficient things become, the cheaper they get, and the more people can afford them.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2022

Nineteenth-century thinkers like John Stuart Mill and William Stanley Jevons sought to simplify the complex behavior of people into what one critic called the "dollar-hunting animal."

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2020

When the strikers began to close in on the office Clay slipped round the lumber stack, and was fortunate in finding Jevons, the manager.

From The Secret of the Reef by Harold Bindloss