The Political Economy of Empire

Donald Winch ()
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Abstract: This article reconsiders the political economy of Empire cultivated by a sequence of authors from Quesnay, Smith, and their immediate followers, including Say and Ricardo, at one end of the spectrum to Stuart Mill and Paul Leroy-Beaulieu at the other. The article questions the applicability of the anti-colonial label to Quesnay and Smith. It closes with some unresolved questions about Leroy-Beaulieu's use of the British literature to justify French colonial expansion and capital export.

Keywords: Empire; imperialism; Smith; Quesnay; Ricardo; Leroy-Beaulieu; colonies; impérialisme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-12-07
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Published in Revue d'histoire de la pensée économique, 2016, Revue d'histoire de la pensée économique. 2016-2, n°2, pp.17-39. ⟨10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-06350-6.p.0017⟩

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DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-06350-6.p.0017

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