ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|12 pages

Youthful revolutionary

chapter 3|15 pages

A dissident under the Consulate

chapter 4|17 pages

Reluctant entrepreneur

chapter 5|17 pages

A rentier in a depressed economy

chapter 6|15 pages

Spying in Britain

chapter 7|19 pages

A dissident under the Restauration

chapter 8|25 pages

Late recognition

chapter 9|21 pages

The final years

chapter 10|14 pages

Among masters, peers and students

chapter 11|14 pages

Alive after 200 years