The Political Economy of Empire

• Journal: Revue d’histoire de la pensée économique
  2016 – 2, n° 2. varia
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• Abstract: This article reconsiders the political economy of Empire cultivated by a sequence of authors from Quesnay, Smith, and their immediate followers, including Say and Ricardo, at one end of the spectrum to Stuart Mill and Paul Leroy-Beaulieu at the other. The article questions the applicability of the anti-colonial label to Quesnay and Smith. It closes with some unresolved questions about Leroy-Beaulieu’s use of the British literature to justify French colonial expansion and capital export.
• Number of pages: 234
• ISBN: 978-2-406-06350-6
• ISSN: 2495-991X
• DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-06350-6.p.0017
• Publisher: Classiques Garnier
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• Keyword: Empire, imperialism, Smith, Quesnay, Ricardo, Leroy-Beaulieu, colonies

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