This chapter deals with Gramsci's remarks and some potential subjects of discussion with Sraffa about Ricardo, classical political economy and "pure economics". For him, the importance of Ricardo in the formation of Marx's ideas must be reassessed from the point of view of the world’s...

It should be remembered, first of all, that under his training as a young merchant, Jean-Baptiste Say spent two years with his younger brother Horace, near London in Croydon. In 1786, he moved to Britain to learn the practice of English commercial business. This happened in the midst of the...

In this study, we examine how Léon Walras considered the economic evolution towards the most advanced stage of the history of mankind, the so-called ?industrial and commercial regime?. This enables us to present his ideas concerning the ?modern industry? and also to examine the way in which he...

This brief biography of J.-B Say puts in its context the thought of an author who was twenty-three years old in 1789. His social background is that of the Protestant Geneva. In the first part of his life, he founded a newspaper La Décade. His political action took the form of comments, reviews...