Jean-Baptiste Say and the Classical Canon in Economics : the British connection in French classicism / Samuel Hollander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hollander, Samuel, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in the history of economics.

Routledge studies in the history of economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages).

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor & Francis, 2005.

Summary:

"This book explores the commonly-perceived paradigmatic conflict between the 'Ricardo School' and the contemporary French economics of Jean-Baptiste Say. It will interest all serious historians of economic thought and will find a place on the bookshelves of many economists across the world."--Jacket.

Contents:

Preface xi

1 Introduction 1 (24)

The classical canon

1 (14)

The Ricardo-Say relation: a review of the literature

Plan of work

23 (2)

2 Value, distribution and growth before 1823 25 (61)

Say's cost price analysis 1803

25 (1)

Cost-price analysis 1814-17

26 (4)

The Notes (1819) on Ricardo's Principles: cost price

30 (16)

The Notes (1819) on Ricardo's Principles: rent

46 (9)

Modifications to the Traite 1819

55 (9)

A further modification: the falling rate of interest and the inverse profit-wage relation

64 (3)

The 'subsistence' wage and population size

67 (3)

The utility dimension

70 (5)

The Say-Ricardo correspondence 1820-2: approaching accord on value theory

75 (11)

3 Value, distribution and growth after 1823 86 (58)

Cost price analysis

86 (11)

Pricing and 'utility'

97 (9)

Service-supply conditions

106 (13)

The earnings structure

119 (3)

Land-based limits to growth, the falling wage path and the stationary state

122 (6)

The falling rate of interest

128 (1)

Summary: Say's representation of Ricardo

129 (15)

4 On 'riches': real income and its measurement 144 (45)

Introduction

144 (1)

The early Say-Ricardo exchange 1815

145 (1)

Riches' as real-income flow: the case elaborated

146 (10)

The late Say-Ricardo exchange 1821-2

156 (2)

Post-1823 statements

158 (7)

Malthus on Say and 'riches'

165 (5)

Capital accumulation: productive and unproductive consumption

170 (7)

On surplus: gross and net revenue

177 (2)

Taxation and economic activity

179 (5)

The gains from trade

184 (1)

Summary and conclusion

185 (4)

5 The Law of Markets 189 (37)

189 (1)

Say's first statement, 1803

189 (5)

The evolution of Say's position: general excess supply and the problem of 'counter-commodities'

194 (9)

The interpretation of contemporary depression

203 (9)

'Limits to production': the Law of Markets recanted?

212 (2)

The Law of Markets and Say's entrepreneur

214 (5)

Questions of priority: Say and James Mill

219 (3)

222 (4)

6 Say and the classical canon: an overview 226 (36)

John Stuart Mill's conciliatory position

226 (1)

Methodology

227 (23)

Doctrine

250 (4)

Say and the canonical growth model

254 (4)

Internal paradigmatic conflicts

258 (4)

7 Conclusion 262 (23)

The impression of systemic discord

262 (4)

Say's increasing hostility

266 (10)

An hypothesis

276 (9)

Appendix I Say's Notes on Ricardo's Principles 285 (2)

Appendix II On Say's charges against McCulloch of plagiarism 287 (2)

Appendix III McCulloch's review of Say 1821 [1819a] 289 (4)

Notes 293 (18)

Bibliography 311 (7)

Index 318.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed May 11, 2023).