Orthodoxie libérale et hétérodoxie marginaliste: Clément Colson

Christian Picory

Revue Économique, 1989, vol. 40, issue 4, 679-708

Abstract: [fre] Orthodoxie libérale et hétérodoxie marginaliste :. . Du point de vue de l'histoire de la Pensée Économiaue, la contribution de Clément Colson (1853-1939) apparaît originale. Dans le contexte du débat qui opposa l'École Libérale aux économistes mathématiciens, ses travaux s'inscrivent, en effet, dans le cadre des premières tentatives de conciliation entre le « message » libéral, les « calculs » des ingénieurs économistes, et la rigueur des « abstractions » marginalistes, dont il propose en outre une synthèse.. Cette originalité renvoie, en premier lieu, à sa formation d'ingénieur économiste ainsi qu'à ses fonctions de conseiller expert et d'enseignant dans les grandes écoles. Elle correspond, en second lieu, à un choix méthodologique synthétique des démarches théorique et appliquée, dont les développements sur ies services publics, ou l'esquisse d'une approche plus macro-économique, constituent deux illustrations. [eng] Liberal orthodoxy and marginalist heterodoxy: Clement Colson. . From point of view of the history of economic thought, Clement Colson's (1853-1939) work appears to be quite original. In the context of the debate opposing the French liberal school and mathematical economists, his works appears to be attempts to reconcile the liberal « message », the « computations » of French economist-engineers and the « abstract rigour » of the more marginal mathematicians, for whom he proposes a synthesis as well.. This originality can be explained first by his training as an economist-engineer as well as by his experience as a consultant and professer in the schools specialized in engineering where he taught. This originality corresponds, in addition, to a methodological choice that is critical of the liberal and walrasian conceptions, which were a synthesis of theorical and applied economies. The developments of such notions in the public services or in the attempts to outline more macro-economic approach, constitute two clear illustrations.

Date: 1989
Note: DOI:10.3406/reco.1989.409160
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