Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui
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Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui was a French
economist
. His most important contributions were made in labour economics
, economic history
and especially the history of economic thought
, in which field his 1837 treatise has been the first major work. He was the son of French Girondin politician Jean Dominique Blanqui and the elder brother of the revolutionary, Louis Auguste Blanqui
.
He was a disciple of Jean-Baptiste Say
to whom he succeeded in 1833 to the chair of political economy
at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, and a free trader
.
He was born at Nice in November, 1798. He began his career as an instructor, giving his time to chemistry and other sciences allied to medicine, acting as assistant professor of the humanities in a famous school-L'Institution Massin. This brought him into connection with Say, who procured for young Blanqui the chair of History and Industrial Economy at the School of Commerce in Paris. In 1830, he rose to the position of director of this important school, and in 1833, he succeeded Say in the professor's chair in the Conservatory of Arts and Trades. Blanqui stood in the foremost rank among the economists of his day. He advocated principles of commercial freedom but also showed sympathy for the working class. As a writer, he was noted for research, lucidity, occasional sallies of wit, frequent passages of great brilliancy, and at times a sustained eloquence of diction.
His major work is Histoire de l'économie politique en Europe depuis les anciens jusqu'à nos jours (1837), translated in English in 1880 as History of Political Economy in Europe. His other publications include Résumé de l'histoire du commerce et de l'industrie (1826), Précis élémentaire d'économie politique(1826), De la situation économique et morale de l'Espagne (1846) and Les classes ouvrières en France (1848).
Besides a great number of journalistic articles, Blanqui published: Travels in England and Scotland (1824); Journey to Madrid (1826); A series of Reports on the Products of French Industry in 1827 (1827); The English Minister Huskisson, and his Economic Reform; Report on the Economic and Moral Condition of Corsica (1838); Report on the Economic Condition of the French Possessions in Algeria (1840); Travels in Bulgaria 1841 (1843); Report on the World's Fair in London (1850); and the Life and Work of Jean Baptiste Say. In addition a series of interesting letters between Blanqui and M. Emile de Girardin, in which free trade and protection were discussed, appeared in 1846 and 1847.
France
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economist
Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
. His most important contributions were made in labour economics
Labour economics
Labor economics seeks to understand the functioning and dynamics of the market for labor. Labor markets function through the interaction of workers and employers...
, economic history
Economic history
Economic history is the study of economies or economic phenomena in the past. Analysis in economic history is undertaken using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and by applying economic theory to historical situations and institutions...
and especially the history of economic thought
History of economic thought
The history of economic thought deals with different thinkers and theories in the subject that became political economy and economics from the ancient world to the present day...
, in which field his 1837 treatise has been the first major work. He was the son of French Girondin politician Jean Dominique Blanqui and the elder brother of the revolutionary, Louis Auguste Blanqui
Louis Auguste Blanqui
Louis Auguste Blanqui was a French political activist, notable for the revolutionary theory of Blanquism, attributed to him....
.
He was a disciple of Jean-Baptiste Say
Jean-Baptiste Say
Jean-Baptiste Say was a French economist and businessman. He had classically liberal views and argued in favor of competition, free trade, and lifting restraints on business...
to whom he succeeded in 1833 to the chair of political economy
Political economy
Political economy originally was the term for studying production, buying, and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth, including through the budget process. Political economy originated in moral philosophy...
at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, and a free trader
Free Trader
Free Trader was a political label used by several candidates in the 1906 general election and January 1910 general election. Its candidates were in university constituencies, led by John Eldon Gorst, who had been previously elected as a Conservative Party but had split from the party in 1902.The...
.
He was born at Nice in November, 1798. He began his career as an instructor, giving his time to chemistry and other sciences allied to medicine, acting as assistant professor of the humanities in a famous school-L'Institution Massin. This brought him into connection with Say, who procured for young Blanqui the chair of History and Industrial Economy at the School of Commerce in Paris. In 1830, he rose to the position of director of this important school, and in 1833, he succeeded Say in the professor's chair in the Conservatory of Arts and Trades. Blanqui stood in the foremost rank among the economists of his day. He advocated principles of commercial freedom but also showed sympathy for the working class. As a writer, he was noted for research, lucidity, occasional sallies of wit, frequent passages of great brilliancy, and at times a sustained eloquence of diction.
His major work is Histoire de l'économie politique en Europe depuis les anciens jusqu'à nos jours (1837), translated in English in 1880 as History of Political Economy in Europe. His other publications include Résumé de l'histoire du commerce et de l'industrie (1826), Précis élémentaire d'économie politique(1826), De la situation économique et morale de l'Espagne (1846) and Les classes ouvrières en France (1848).
Besides a great number of journalistic articles, Blanqui published: Travels in England and Scotland (1824); Journey to Madrid (1826); A series of Reports on the Products of French Industry in 1827 (1827); The English Minister Huskisson, and his Economic Reform; Report on the Economic and Moral Condition of Corsica (1838); Report on the Economic Condition of the French Possessions in Algeria (1840); Travels in Bulgaria 1841 (1843); Report on the World's Fair in London (1850); and the Life and Work of Jean Baptiste Say. In addition a series of interesting letters between Blanqui and M. Emile de Girardin, in which free trade and protection were discussed, appeared in 1846 and 1847.