Jean-Baptiste Say
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Jean-Baptiste Say was a liberal French economist and businessman who argued in favor of competition, free trade, and lifting restraints on business. He is best known for Say's law—also known as the la
Jean Baptiste Say
Rue Jean-Baptiste Say, 9th arrondissement of Paris
Say's tomb in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris
Title page of Say's Lettres à M. Malthus, sur différens sujets d'économie politique, published in 1820
Richard Cantillon
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Richard Cantillon was an Irish-French economist and author of Essai Sur La Nature Du Commerce En Général, a book considered by William Stanley Jevons to be the "cradle of political economy". Although
Jean-Baptiste Say
…Jean-Baptiste Say Born 5 January 1767 Lyon, Kingdom of France Died 15 November 1832 (aged 65) Paris, France Academic background Influences Richard Cantillon, Adam Smith, Pietro Verri Academic work Discipline Political economy School or tradition French Liberal School Notable ideas Say's law, entrepreneurship…
Detail of a male subject in Family Portrait by Nicolas de Largillière, c. 1730, argued by Mark Thornton to be a possibly authentic depiction of Cantillon.
William Petty is considered to be one of Richard Cantillon's greatest influences.
Cover of the Ludwig von Mises Institute's edition of Cantillon's Essai
Portrait of his daughter, Henrietta Diana, Dowager Countess of Stafford, by Allan Ramsay, 1759