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Jean-Baptiste Say et l'entrepreneur : la question de la filiation avec Cantillon et Turgot

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Since Schumpeter, there has been a tradition in the history of the economic thought that has placed Say?s entrepreneur in a filiation Cantillon-Turgot. The aim of this article is to show that this filiation does not exist, even if certain themes such as risk, knowledge or organization of production appear in the works of these three authors. More precisely, it is possible to find a double break between Say and his predecessors. The first one lies in the analysis of the production and the division of labor, which shows that the entrepreneur in Say?s writings has not the same role as in Turgot?s ones. The second one concerns their conceptions of uncertainty and profit, which shows that the place of the entrepreneur in the distribution of income in the writings of Say is not the same that in Cantillon or Turgot?s ones. The implications of this double break are specified in the conclusion. JEL Codes : B12, B13, L26

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  • Joël Thomas Ravix, 2014. "Jean-Baptiste Say et l'entrepreneur : la question de la filiation avec Cantillon et Turgot," Innovations, De Boeck Université, vol. 0(3), pages 59-76.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:inndbu:inno_045_0059
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    Keywords

    entrepreneur; Say; filiation Cantillon-Turgot; production; uncertainty;
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    JEL classification:

    • B12 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Classical (includes Adam Smith)
    • B13 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Neoclassical through 1925 (Austrian, Marshallian, Walrasian, Wicksellian)
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship

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