Political economy and industrialism : banks in Saint-Simonian economic thought / edited by Gilles Jacoud.

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Book
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English
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1st ed.
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  • New York : Routledge, 2010.
  • London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
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The French philosopher and economist Saint-Simon (1760-1825) propounded a new political, economic and social order in which the quest for economic efficiency and social justice led to putting the workers at the forefront. On his death, his disciples worked to preserve his thought and developed it in numerous writings. This book explains why the Saint-Simonians could not be content with the existing economic and social order and how they planned to organise society and the role banks were to play in it. It contains a selection of old texts, written by the main Saint-Simonian th
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 On discount banks (first article); 3 On discount banks (second article); 4 Seventh session. Constitution of property - Organisation of banks; 5 Fourth letter to the editor of Le Globe, on our legislation considered in its relations with industry and property; 6 Political economy. The idle and the workers: Farm rents, rents of houses, interest, wages (first article); 7 Political economy. The idle and the workers: Farm rents, rents of houses, interest, wages (second article)
  • 8 The idle and the workers: Political functions according to the IDLE. Political functions according to the WORKERS (third article)9 Political economy. The idle and the workers (third article): Abolition of inheritance by collaterals; 10 Political economy (fifth article): Institution of banks; 11 Political economy (sixth article): Industrial policy; 12 Political economy (seventh article): Organisation of communes; 13 Saint-Simonian policy (eighth article): Banks; 14 Saint-Simonian policy (continuing eighth article): Banks
  • 15 Tenth letter to the editor of Le Globe, on legislation in its relations with industry and property: Influence of the mobilisation of land and the foundation of free banks on social destiny16 Industry. Third lesson given in the Athénée hall by J. Pereire, member of the second degree, on 14 September last: On the progress of workers and the decline of the idle; 17 Industry. Fourth lesson given in the Athénée hall by J. Pereire, member of the second degree, on 21 September last: On the transformation of the present banks and credit securities
  • 18 Industry. Continuing the fourth lesson given in the Athénée hall by J. Pereire, member of the second degree, on 21 September last: On the transformation of the present banks and credit securities19 On industry (second article); 20 Chronological table; 21 Biographical notices: Main Saint-Simonians and persons named in the texts; Index
ISBN
  • 1-136-99305-3
  • 1-136-99306-1
  • 1-282-58698-X
  • 9786612586989
  • 0-203-85479-9
OCLC
  • 609859025
  • 643573327
Doi
  • 10.4324/9780203854792
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