Jean-Baptiste Say citations

Jean-Baptiste Say, né à Lyon le 5 janvier 1767 et mort à Paris le 14 novembre 1832, est le principal économiste classique français. Industriel du coton, il fut l'un des entrepreneurs huguenots de cette industrie alors en plein essor. Il fut également journaliste. Il est réputé pour ses positions libérales.

Il est l'auteur de la distinction tripartite « production – répartition – consommation », devenue classique. Celle-ci sert de plan au Traité d'économie politique, son maître-ouvrage paru en 1803. Il est également connu pour la « loi des débouchés » ou loi de Say, qui lui a été faussement attribuée par John Maynard Keynes, dans l'unique but de la réfuter[réf. nécessaire].

✵ 5. janvier 1767 – 15. novembre 1832
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“C’est la production qui ouvre des débouchés aux produits”

Traité d'économie politique, 1803

Jean-Baptiste Say: Citations en anglais

“Which leads us to a conclusion that may at first appear paradoxical, namely, that it is production which opens a demand for products.”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter XV, p. 133 (See also: Say's Law)
Contexte: A man who applies his labour to the investing of objects with value by the creation of utility of some sort, can not expect such a value to be appreciated and paid for, unless where other men have the means of purchasing it. Now, of what do these means consist? Of other values of other products, likewise the fruits of industry, capital, and land. Which leads us to a conclusion that may at first appear paradoxical, namely, that it is production which opens a demand for products.

“A system of swindling can never be long lived, and must infallibly in the end produce much more loss than profit.”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter XXI, Section V, p. 238
Contexte: And let no government imagine, that, to strip them of the power of defrauding their subjects, is to deprive them of a valuable privilege. A system of swindling can never be long lived, and must infallibly in the end produce much more loss than profit.

“Opulent, civilized, and industrious nations, are greater consumers than poor ones, because they are infinitely greater producers.”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter I, p. 391 (See also: Say's Law)

“If the community wish to have the benefit of more knowledge and intelligence in the labouring classes, it must dispense it at the public charge.”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter VI, Section II, p. 436

“What is the motive which operates in every man's breast to counteract the impulse towards the gratification of his wants and appetites?”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter XIX, p. 207

“How many other opinions, as universally prevailing and as much respected, will in like manner pass away?”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Introduction, p. xlix

“The quantity of money, which is readily parted with to obtain a thing is called its price.”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter I, p. 61

“The best scheme of finance is, to spend as little as possible; and the best tax is always the lightest.”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter VIII, Section I, p. 449

“All travellers agree that protestant are both richer and more populous than catholic countries; and the reason is, because the habits of the former are more conducive to production.”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book II, On Distribution, Chapter XI, Section I, p. 381 (See also: Max Weber)

“The wealthy are generally impressed with an idea, that they shall never stand in need of public charitable relief; but a little less confidence would become them better.”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter VI, Section II, p. 439

“The difficulty lies, not in finding a producer, but in finding a consumer.”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter IV, p. 399 (See also:Say's Law, Michał Kalecki, John Maynard Keynes)

“Capital in the hands of a national government forms a part of the gross national capital.”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter III, p. 73

“The theory of interest was wrapped in utter obscurity, until Hume and Smith dispelled the vapor.”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book II, On Distribution, Chapter VIII, Section I, p. 354

“The wants of mankind are supplied and satisfied out of the gross values produced and created, and not out of the net values only.”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter II, p. 69

“But, is it possible for princes and ministers to be enlightened, when private individuals are not so?”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Introduction, p. liv

“What can we expect from nations still less advanced in civilization than the Greeks?”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Introduction, p. xxix

“Valuation is vague and arbitrary, when there is no assurance that it will be generally acquiesced in by others.”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book II, On Distribution, Chapter I, p. 285

“At Newfoundland, it is said, that dried cod performs the office of money”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter XXI, Section II, p. 221

“Political economy has only become a science since it has been confined to the results of inductive investigation.”

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Introduction, p. xxvi

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