Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde de Sismondi, 1773-1842.
French historian, early socialist and great rival
of Jean-Baptiste Say and the French
Liberal School. Simonde de Sismondi was no friend of the
rising capitalist industrial system, which he viewed as being detrimental to the interests
of the poor and particularly prone to crisis brought about by an insufficient general
demand for goods. His underconsumption thesis was shared by Robert
Malthus, and sparked off the General
Glut Controversy of the 1820s where their theories were pitted against those of Say, Ricardo and the Classicals.
Major works of J.C.L. Simonde de Sismondi
- Tableau de l'agriculture toscane, 1801.
- De la richesse commerciale , 1803. Vol. I, Vol.
II
- Histoire des republiques italiennes du moyen age, Vol.
I, Vol.
II, 1809-18
- De l'intérêt de la France à l'égard de la traite des nègres,
1814
- Examen
de la Constitution françoise,1815.
- Political
Economy, 1815.
- Nouveaux principes d'économie politique, ou de la Richesse dans ses rapports avec la population, 1819.
- Histoire des français, 1821-44.
- Les colonies des anciens comparées à celles des modernes, 1837
- Etudes de sciences sociale, 1837
- Études sur l'économie politique, 1837
- Précis de l'histoire des Français, Vol.
I, Vol.
II, 1839
- Fragments
de son journal et correspondance, 1857
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