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How to coordinate economic activities in a social order. An essay on the Saint-Simonian Economic Doctrine (1825-1832)

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  • Bernard Boureille

    (GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon - Saint-Etienne - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - Université de Lyon - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Abdallah Zouache

    (GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon - Saint-Etienne - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - Université de Lyon - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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This paper questions the contribution made by Saint-Simonism to the emergence of political economy at the beginning of the nineteenth century. We follow A. Blanqui’s view (1860) that Saint-Simonian writings constitute a key stage in the development of political economy. The paper will be organised as follows: firstly, it will examine the extent to which the Saint-Simonians offered an innovative perspective since they rejected the concept of natural order adopted by economists at that time in favour of collective socialism. Secondly, it will give an outline of the key concepts of Saint- Simonism that led to a re-foundation of economics. In particular, the Saint-Simon - ians did not accept that competition is the appropriate device for coordination in an industrial economy. Planning and credit are imperative to an efficient coordination of economic activities and of individual capacities.
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  • Bernard Boureille & Abdallah Zouache, 2009. "How to coordinate economic activities in a social order. An essay on the Saint-Simonian Economic Doctrine (1825-1832)," Post-Print hal-00430086, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00430086
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    1. Adrien Lutz, 2018. "On commercial gluts, or when the Saint-Simonians adopted Jean-Baptiste Say’s view," Working Papers 1838, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon.
    2. Adrien Lutz, 2018. "On commercial gluts, or when the Saint-Simonians adopted Jean-Baptiste Say's view," Working Papers halshs-01963596, HAL.

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