The Rural Economics of René de Girardin: Landscapes at the Service of l’Idéologie Nobiliaire

Jose Menudo () and Nicolas Rieucau ()
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Nicolas Rieucau: Université Paris 8

No 17.15, Working Papers from Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Economics

Abstract: René-Louis de Girardin is remembered for having invited Rousseau at Ermenonville estate. Girardin believed it was necessary to further the debate on gardens on the basis of a principle of continuity that rejects any idea of enclosure. This made it possible to establish an agricultural model that increased production, and finally allowed the monopoly in grain sales to be broken. At the service of l’idéologie nobiliaire, his analysis shows the existence of a form of economic thinking in the second half of the 18th century that, giving primacy to agriculture, nevertheless cannot fall within the paths of physiocrats and agronomes.

Keywords: Turgot; History of Economic Thought; Development Enlightenment; and Economic Methodology. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B10 B11 B31 B41 O20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 2017-12
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