Turgot: a critic of physiocracy? An analysis of the debates in 'Éphémérides du Citoyen' and in correspondence with Dupont

Pierre-Henri Goutte () and Gérard Klotz ()
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Pierre-Henri Goutte: TRIANGLE - Triangle : action, discours, pensée politique et économique - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - IEP Lyon - Sciences Po Lyon - Institut d'études politiques de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Gérard Klotz: TRIANGLE - Triangle : action, discours, pensée politique et économique - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - IEP Lyon - Sciences Po Lyon - Institut d'études politiques de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: "Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot (1727–1781) is one of the few French economic theorists who led a political career and held ministerial office. He continues to intrigue both historians and historians of economic thought where his relationship with the physiocrats is concerned. Does Turgot fully share their belief system, or does he only borrow a few elements from it? Is he a critical author of this school of thought? To date, no agreement has been reached on this subject. This paper attempts to answer some of these questions in an objective manner, drawing on the evidence provided by texts and therefore minimising the interpretations. The sources we will primarily refer to are the Éphémérides du citoyen and Turgot's correspondence with Dupont. We will revisit the economic themes of large- and small-scale farming, as well as savings, and discuss Turgot's views on slavery and the "sectarian spirit" of the physiocrats."

Keywords: Turgot; Dupont de Nemours; physiocracy; entrepreneurship; savings and investment; slavery; sect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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Published in European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2015, 22 (3), pp.500-533. ⟨10.1080/09672567.2014.977320⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2014.977320

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