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French political economy and positivism (or how history of economic thought became mainstream economics)

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  • Christophe Salvat

    (TRIANGLE - Triangle : action, discours, pensée politique et économique - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure 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)

Abstract

Este artículo estudia la Economía Política francesa bajo el Segundo Imperio. Sugiere que, habiendo quedado seriamente debilitada por las disensiones internas sobre la conveniencia de utilizar el método histórico en economía, la Economía Política francesa logró reinventarse durante la última década del reinado de Napoleón III. Amenazados por el recelo personal del emperador hacia el libre comercio y el dominio del positivismo, los economistas experimentaron en la década de 1850 uno de los períodos más difíciles de su historia. Sin embargo, una década más tarde parece que se dio un vuelco a la situación. Los cambios institucionales, producidos gracias a Victor Duruy, y el ascenso intelectual de economistas como Baudrillart, Wolowski o Dunoyer contribuyeron a modernizar y legitimar la obsoleta y poco imaginativa economía política heredada de Say. En particular, encontraron en la historia del pensamiento económico una forma de cumplir con los estándares positivos de la época pero también de devolver a la economía política la respetabilidad que había perdido.

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  • Christophe Salvat, 2017. "French political economy and positivism (or how history of economic thought became mainstream economics)," Post-Print halshs-01678299, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-01678299
    DOI: 10.5209/IJHE.58093
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