Jean-Baptiste Say - Revolutionary, Entrepreneur, Economist

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.

List of contents

1. Youthful Revolutionary  2. At the Crossroads of Literature, Politics and Economics  3. A dissident under the consulate  4. Reluctant Entrepreneur  5. A rentier in a depressed economy  6.  Spying in Britain  7. A dissident during the Restauration  8. Late Recognition  9. The Final Years  10. Among Masters, Peers and Students  11. Alive after 200 years.

About the author

Evert Schoorl was director of graduate studies in the economics department at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Summary

This volume is the first full-length biography of Jean-Baptiste Say (1767-1832), the most famous French classical economist.

Product details

• Authors: Evert Schoorl, Schoorl Evert
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.03.2015
• EAN: 9781138901964
• ISBN: 978-1-138-90196-4
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Biography: business & industry, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Economic history, Biography: business and industry