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A History of Economic Thought in France: Political Economy in the Age of Enlightenment book cover

1st Edition

A History of Economic Thought in France Political Economy in the Age of Enlightenment

Edited By Gilbert Faccarello, Claire Silvant Copyright 2024
290 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

290 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

290 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Traditionally, there has been a long and sustained interest in studying the history of economic ideas in France. Interest appeared to wane after World War II, but in recent decades, there has been a marked renaissance of interest and research in the contributions of French-speaking authors. Drawing on the flow of recent research, this book presents a new assessment of the history of political... Read more

Foreword

Gilbert Faccarello and Claire Silvant

1. Prelude. From Scholasticism to the Enlightenment

Thierry Demals & Gilbert Faccarello

2. Pierre de Boisguilbert and the foundation of ‘Laissez-faire’

Gilbert Faccarello

3. John Law and the Mississippi System

Antoin E. Murphy

4. Science of trade and ‘commerce politique’

Thierry Demals

5. François Quesnay and Physiocracy

Thierry Demals & Philippe Steiner

6. Turgot, Graslin and sensationist political economy

Gilbert Faccarello

7. Political critiques of political economy

Arnaud Orain

8. The spirit of geometry. Quantification and formalisation

Gilbert Faccarello

9. Postlude. Intellectual exchanges and last developments

Gilbert Faccarello

Biography

Gilbert Faccarello is Emeritus Professor at Panthéon-Assas University, France. He is a co-founder of The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought and co-editor of the Routledge Historical Resources site devoted to the History of Economic Thought.

Claire Silvant is Associate Professor of Economics at the Université Lumière, France, and a member of the research centre Triangle (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique). She also was in charge of a research programme on the history of public economics sponsored by the European Society for the History of Economic Thought.

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