1st Edition

Jean-Baptiste Say Critical Assessments of Leading Economists

1676 Pages
by Routledge

Jean-Baptiste Say (1767-1832) is remembered primarily for Say's Law, one of the cornerstones of classical economics. The success of his Traite d'economie Politique made Say the best-known expositor of Adam Smith in Europe and America, and he became France's first professor of political economy. The set covers the following themes: * Say in the history of economics * classical statements on Say's... Read more
Part I: J.-B. Say in the History of Economics
Part II: Classical Statements on Say's Law - General Gluts, Demand Failure and the Business Cycle
Part III: Later-Classical Statements on Say's Law - the Prelude to the General Theory
Part IV: The Keynsian Revolution and the Attack on Say's law
Part V: Lange, Say's Law and the Demand for Money
Part VI: Modern Reconstructions of Say's Law
Part VII: Commentaries on Classical Views Relating to Say's Law: (i) Histories of Say's Law (ii) Karl Marx (iii) Thomas Robert Malthus (iv) James Mill and John Stuart Mill
Part VIII: Retrieving the Classical Understanding of Say's Law

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Edited by Steven Kates and John C. Wood