ABSTRACT
Among historians of economic thought, general consensus is that during the second half of the nineteenth century, the German Historical School of economics virtually has no influence in France, with French economists being either completely indifferent or very hostile towards it. The influence of Germany on French economic literature did not begin to be felt until the last two decades of the 19th century. Until then it is almost non-existent-vastly different to its influence on philosophical teaching which was very great. This chapter examines the reception of the older German Historical School in France under the Second Empire. It is during this period that the first debates appear, mainly focusing on method. It deals with the reception of the younger German Historical School in France during the Third Republic until the end of the nineteenth century. In this period, it involves the debates that are not limited to methodology questions of economic policy.
