Jean-Baptiste Say: Revolutionary, Entrepreneur, Economist

by Evert Schoorl

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138901962
• ISBN13: 9781138901964
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"