This book presents a translation which renders his works accessible to the English language world. For the first time, English-readers will be able to become directly immersed in Say's principal texts, where he develops his conception of political economy. Jean-Baptiste Say and Political Economy proposes a translation of a selection of eleven of Say's texts.

Gilles Jacoud is Professor of Economics at the University of Saint-Étienne, France. He is the author of several books and articles on money and banking and on the history of economic thought.

1 Introduction

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PART I 'Preliminary discourse' from A Treatise on Political Economy

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2 'Preliminary discourse' from the first edition of A Treatise on Political Economy

3 'Preliminary discourse' from editions 2, 3 and 4 of A Treatise on Political Economy

4 'Preliminary discourse' from editions 5 and 6 of A Treatise on Political Economy

PART II Opening discourses

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5 Conservatory of Arts and Trades. Opening discourse of the course in industrial economy, pronounced on the 2nd December 1820

6 Opening discourse of the course in industrial economy. November 1828

7 Collège de France. Opening discourse of the course on political economy of the 1831-1832 school year

8 Opening discourse of the course on political economy, pronounced by the author shortly before his death, for the beginning of the 1832-1833 school year

PART III 'General considerations' from the Complete Course in Practical Political Economy

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9 'General considerations' from the Complete Course in Practical Political Economy

PART IV History of economic thought

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10 An historical sketch of the progress of political economy

11 An abridged history of the progress of political economy

12 Bibliography of political economy