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Influence of Cantillon's Essai on the Methodology of J.B. Say: A Comment on Liggio

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07/30/2014Joseph T. Salerno

One of the most important areas in which Cantillon influenced J. B. Say involves a set of issues which receives no explicit treatment in the Essai. I refer to the distinctive and pathbreaking methodology employed by Cantillon in his treatise.

Volume 7, Number 2 (1985)

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Joseph Salerno is academic vice president of the Mises Institute, professor emeritus of economics at Pace University, and editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics.

 

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Salerno, Joseph T. "Influence of Cantillon's Essai on the Methodology of J.B. Say: A Comment on Liggio." Journal of Libertarian Studies 7, No. 2 (1985): 305–316.