ECONOMIST

Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi

1773 - 1842

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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), whose real surname was Simonde, was a Swiss historian and political economist, who is best known for his works on French and Italian history, and his economic ideas. His Nouveaux principes d'économie politique, ou de la richesse dans ses rapports avec la population (1819) represents the first liberal critique of laissez-faire economics. He was one of the pioneering advocates of unemployment insurance, sickness benefits, a progressive tax, regulation of working hours, and a pension scheme. He was also the first to coin the term proletariat to refer to the working class created under capitalism, and his discussion of mieux value anticipates the concept of surplus value. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi is the 104th most popular economist (down from 93rd in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 108th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi ranks 104 out of 414. Before him are James Meade, Claudia Goldin, Arthur Cecil Pigou, Dale T. Mortensen, Thomas Mun, and Bengt Holmström. After him are Edward C. Prescott, Robert Fogel, W. Edwards Deming, George Akerlof, John Harsanyi, and Richard Thaler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi ranks 12. Before him are Friedrich Mohs, Ludwig Tieck, Louis I of Etruria, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, and Aimé Bonpland. After him are Thérésa Tallien, James Mill, Amschel Mayer Rothschild, Henri Gatien Bertrand, Frédéric Cuvier, and Tokugawa Ienari. Among people deceased in 1842, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi ranks 12. Before him are Clemens Brentano, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Robert Smith, Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, and Shah Shujah Durrani. After him are Peter Fendi, José de Espronceda, Dominique Jean Larrey, Pierre Cambronne, Charles Bell, and Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi ranks 118 out of 1,015. Before him are Jacques Dubochet (1942), Alexander Agassiz (1835), Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821), César Ritz (1850), Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747), and Charles Bonnet (1720). After him are Friedrich Miescher (1844), Albert Anker (1831), Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889), Gottfried Keller (1819), Paul Guldin (1577), and Didier Queloz (1966).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Switzerland

Among economists born in Switzerland, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi ranks 1. After him are Corinne Maier (1963).

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