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Jean-Baptiste Say

1767 - 1832

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Jean-Baptiste Say (French: [ʒɑ̃batist sɛ]; 5 January 1767 – 15 November 1832) was a liberal French economist and businessman who argued in favor of competition, free trade and lifting restraints on business. He is best known for Say's law—also known as the law of markets—which he popularized, although scholars disagree as to whether it was Say who first articulated the theory. Moreover, he was one of the first economists to study entrepreneurship and conceptualized entrepreneurs as organizers and leaders of the economy. He was also closely involved in the development of the École spéciale de commerce et d'industrie (ESCP), historically the first business school to be established. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste Say is the 27th most popular economist (down from 19th in 2019), the 493rd most popular biography from France (down from 407th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Economist.

Jean-Baptiste Say is most famous for his law of markets, which states that supply creates its own demand.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Jean-Baptiste Say ranks 27 out of 414. Before him are William F. Sharpe, Jan Tinbergen, Robert Lucas Jr., Ragnar Frisch, Paul Samuelson, and Alexander Hamilton. After him are Joseph Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, Gunnar Myrdal, Henri Fayol, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, and Elinor Ostrom.

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Among people born in 1767, Jean-Baptiste Say ranks 7. Before him are Andrew Jackson, Joachim Murat, Wilhelm von Humboldt, John Quincy Adams, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, and John VI of Portugal. After him are Benjamin Constant, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Maria Theresa of Austria, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, and Nicolas Oudinot. Among people deceased in 1832, Jean-Baptiste Say ranks 11. Before him are Walter Scott, Jeremy Bentham, Georges Cuvier, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, Rasmus Rask, and Muzio Clementi. After him are Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, Princess Maria Anna of Saxony, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Friedrich Kuhlau, Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria, and Karl Christian Friedrich Krause.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Say ranks 493 out of 6,770. Before him are Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Genevieve (423), and Childebert I (497). After him are Robert Delaunay (1885), Philippe Pinel (1745), Françoise Hardy (1944), Alfred Binet (1857), Jean-Martin Charcot (1825), and Robert Campin (1375).

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Among ECONOMISTS In France

Among economists born in France, Jean-Baptiste Say ranks 4. Before him are Frédéric Passy (1822), Vilfredo Pareto (1848), and François Quesnay (1694). After him are Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727), Maurice Allais (1911), Léon Walras (1834), Jacques Delors (1925), Dominique Strauss-Kahn (1949), Frédéric Bastiat (1801), Gérard Debreu (1921), and Jean-Claude Trichet (1942).

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