Jean-Baptiste Say Revolutionary, Entrepreneur, Economist |
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| Author:
| Schoorl, Evert |
| Series title: | Routledge Studies in the History of Economics |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-66517-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $259.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.