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La peur du déclin économique face à l’épuisement des ressources naturelles, de W. Stanley Jevons à Herbert S. Jevons (1865-1915)

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  • Antoine Missemer

    (Centre d'études interdisciplinaires Walras-Pareto - UNIL - Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne, TRIANGLE - Triangle : action, discours, pensée politique et économique - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - IEP Lyon - Sciences Po Lyon - Institut d'études politiques de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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La prospérité inédite de la Grande-Bretagne au xixe siècle se trouve, dans les années 1860, sous une menace restée longtemps invisible : l'épuisement des mines de charbon. C'est W. Stanley Jevons qui, le premier, souligne avec vigueur les risques que présente cet épuisement pour l'avenir économique de son pays. Cinquante ans plus tard, en 1915 exactement, son fils, Herbert S. Jevons, prolonge son analyse dans des directions multiples. Si ces deux auteurs s'accordent pour indiquer que l'épuisement des ressources pose un problème de coût de production plus que de pénurie, tous deux ne mettent pas en évidence les mêmes voies de sortie pour éviter le déclin industriel. Cette peur du déclin reste néanmoins une caractéristique forte de la pensée économique britannique du tournant du xxe siècle.

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  • Antoine Missemer, 2015. "La peur du déclin économique face à l’épuisement des ressources naturelles, de W. Stanley Jevons à Herbert S. Jevons (1865-1915)," Post-Print hal-01215291, HAL.
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    DOI: 10.3917/reco.665.0825
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