Jean de Sismondi
Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi (also known as Jean Charles Leonard Simonde de Sismondi) (French: [ʒɑ̃ ʃaʁl leɔnaʁ də sismɔ̃di]; 9 May 1773 – 25 June 1842),[1] was a Swiss historian and political economist.
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| Born | Jean Charles Léonard Simonde 9 May 1773 |
| Died | 25 June 1842 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Genevan, and Swiss since 1815 |
| Field | Political economy |
| School or tradition | Classical economics |
| Influences | Adam Ferguson, Jean-Louis de Lolme, Niccolò Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Adam Smith |
| Contributions | Theory of periodic crises |
Works
Sismondi is best known for his works on French and Italian history, and his economic ideas.[2][3] His goals were to promote unemployment insurance, sickness benefits, a progressive tax, regulation of working hours, and a pension scheme.[4][5] He was also the first to use the term proletariat to describe the working class created under capitalism.[4][6]
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Sismondi's grave (2nd from left) at the cemetery of Chêne-Bougeries
References
- ↑ Jean Charles Léonard Simonde de Sismondi (2004). Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ↑ Stewart, Ross E.. Sismondi's Forgotten Ethical Critique of Early Capitalism. Journal of Business Ethics 3 (3) (1984). p. 227–234. doi:10.1007/BF00382924.
- ↑ Spiegel, Henry William. The Growth of Economic Thought (1991)Duke University Press. p. 302–303.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ekins, Paul. Real Life Economics (2006)Routledge. p. 91–93.
- ↑ Murray, Christopher John. Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850, Volume 2 (2004)Taylor & Francis. p. 1054–1055.
- ↑ Ekelund Jr, Robert B.. A History of Economic Theory and Method: Fifth Edition (2006)Waveland Press. p. 226.