ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the first books on economic topics that were published in the Greek diaspora and left their mark in what was to follow. The Greek revolutionaries were exposed through translations to French economic catechism, to Benthamite thought, and to Saint Simonian plans for their future. This mix lost appeal after the assassination of the first Greek ruler, which led to the imposition of a Bavarian prince as king of Greece. German cameralism entered the scene after 1833 and was practiced for the next 30 years in an inefficient way, alongside Greek authors who addressed practical economic problems through mostly education manuals. A special paragraph is devoted to Ioannis Soutsos, the dominant academic whose career started with constitutional proposals and led to him adopting French economic liberalism as a guide to his contributions.
