Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2017, 2017(2):98-106 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.577

Half-Forgotten Personalities of Economic Thought - J. C. L. S. Sismondi

Pavel Sirůček
Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, Fakulta podnikohospodářská (sirucek@vse.cz).

J. C. L. S. Sismondi was a Swiss historian, economist and writer. He is often cited as the last representative of the French branch of classical economics and a key author of the small producers type of theories. He left the classical liberal school and switched to economic romanticism. He has been indicated as the first author of systematic reflection on crises in opposition to contemporary conceptions of balance.

Keywords: J. C. L. S. Sismondi, classical political economy, small-scale production, economic romanticism, crisis
JEL classification: B51, E32, N13, P16

Published: April 4, 2017  Show citation

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Sirůček, P. (2017). Half-Forgotten Personalities of Economic Thought - J. C. L. S. Sismondi. Acta Oeconomica Pragensia25(2), 98-106. doi: 10.18267/j.aop.577
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