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The Rural Economics of René de Girardin: Landscapes at the Service of l’Idéologie Nobiliaire

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  • José M. Menudo

    (Department of Economics, Universidad Pablo de Olavide)

  • Nicolas Rieucau

    (Université Paris 8)

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René-Louis de Girardin is remembered for having invited Rousseau at Ermenonville estate. Girardin believed it was necessary to further the debate on gardens on the basis of a principle of continuity that rejects any idea of enclosure. This made it possible to establish an agricultural model that increased production, and finally allowed the monopoly in grain sales to be broken. At the service of l’idéologie nobiliaire, his analysis shows the existence of a form of economic thinking in the second half of the 18th century that, giving primacy to agriculture, nevertheless cannot fall within the paths of physiocrats and agronomes.

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  • José M. Menudo & Nicolas Rieucau, 2017. "The Rural Economics of René de Girardin: Landscapes at the Service of l’Idéologie Nobiliaire," Working Papers 17.15, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:pab:wpaper:17.15
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    Keywords

    Turgot; History of Economic Thought; Development Enlightenment; and Economic Methodology.;
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    JEL classification:

    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals
    • B10 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - General
    • O20 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - General
    • B11 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Preclassical (Ancient, Medieval, Mercantilist, Physiocratic)
    • B41 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Economic Methodology

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