At the origins of a school that never was: French engineers in economic science

N. A. Makasheva ()

Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2026, issue 10

Abstract: The paper examines how a number of prominent French engineers posed and solved the economic problems that arose in connection with the construction and operation of major public works of considerable economic and social significance. It discusses the innovative economic ideas advanced by these engineers (mainly graduates of the leading French engineering schools) in the first half and the middle of the nineteenth century. The paper also assesses whether the economic ideas of the French engineers can be regarded as a distinct strand within economic science, analyzes the distinctive features of the engineering approach, and considers the methodological aspects of that approach and its significance for the history of economics.

Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.32609/0042-8736-2026-10-127-145

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