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Jean-Baptiste Say: Revolutionary, Entrepreneur, Economist (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics) - Softcover

Book 80 of 232: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

Schoorl, Evert

 
9781138901964: Jean-Baptiste Say: Revolutionary, Entrepreneur, Economist (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics)

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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

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