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Subject(s)

• Economists—France—Biography [Browse]
• Economics—France—History [Browse]
• Say, Jean Baptiste 1767-1832 [Browse]

Series

• Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 152 [More in this series]
• Routledge Studies in the History of Economics [More in this series]

Summary note

This volume is the first full-length biography of Jean-Baptiste Say (1767-1832), the most famous French classical economist. During his lifetime Say actively took part in three revolutions: the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution and the establishment of economics as an academic discipline. He struggled with Bonaparte, was the owner of a cotton spinning mill, and published his famous Treatise of political economy and many other economic writings.

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Language note

English

Contents

• Youthful revolutionary
• At the crossroads of literature, politics and economics
• A dissident under the consulate
• Reluctant entrepreneur
• A rentier in a depressed economy
• Spying in Britain
• A dissident during the Restauration
• Late recognition
• The final years
• Among masters, peers and students
• Alive after 200 years.

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ISBN

• 0-203-07356-8
• 1-283-89411-4
• 1-135-10411-5

OCLC

• 823389751
• 843077783

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203073568

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