This book considers the evolution of economic thought in France from the sixteenth to twentieth century and explores the key economists, themes and controversies which are important in the context of recent research.

Gilbert Faccarello is professor at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Fontenayl Saint-Cloud, France. He has published extensively on the history of economic thought (Classical and Marxian economics, and seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French political economy).

Foreword, Contributors, 1. Economic Publishing and Authors, 1566-1789, 2. The Enigmatic Monsieur Du Tot, 3. Mathematical Economics and Probability Theory: Charles-Francois Bicquilley's Daring Contribution, 4. Galiani, Necker and Turgot: A Debate on Economic Reform and Policy in Eighteenth-Century France, 5. Jean-Baptiste Say: The Entrepreneur, the free trade Doctrine and the Theory of Income Distribution, 6. Sismondi and the Evolution of Economic Institutions, 7. Jules Dupuit, the French 'Ingenieurs Economistes' and the Societe D' Economie Politique, 8. From the Dynamics of the Entrepreneur to the Analysis of the Firm: La Science Des Affaires, 1819-1855, 9. The Development of Walras' Monetary Theory, 10. Leon Walras and Applied Science: The Significance of the Free Competition Principle, 11. French Economists and Marginalism (1871-1918), Index