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

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Gilbert Faccarello Claire Silvant

A History of Economic Thought in France

Political Economy in the Age of Enlightenment

Gilbert Faccarello, Claire Silvant

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English

Routledge
02 October 2023

Regional studies; Historiography; Politics & government; Economic theory & philosophy; Political economy

Series: The Routledge History of Economic Thought

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 economy in France incorporating both novel presentations of some traditional subjects and topics that are not usually studied.

This first volume deals with the history of political economy in France in the Age of Enlightenment. After presenting a kind of “review of the troops” and some main developments inherited from preceding centuries, the chapters are devoted to P. de Boisguilbert’s foundation of liberal political economy; J. Law’s monetary theory and policy; the many strands of “commerce politique”; the theoretical developments of F. Quesnay and the physiocratic movement; and A.-R.-J. Turgot’s, J.-J.-L. Graslin’s and M.-J.-A.-N. Caritat de Condorcet’s sensationist political economy. The volume then examines some political critiques of liberal political economy and goes on with a study of the first attempts to quantify economic variables and to formalise the economic discourse. It concludes with a chapter on the importance of translations into French of books published abroad, and with the main institutional and theoretical developments which happened during the French Revolution.

A History of Economic Thought in France will be invaluable reading for advanced students and researchers of the history of economic thought, political economy, intellectual history and French history.

Edited by: Gilbert Faccarello, Claire Silvant
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 700g
ISBN: 9780367194468
ISBN 10: 0367194465
Series: The Routledge History of Economic Thought
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 02 October 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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.