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Réflexions sur l'objet de l'économie rurale

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  • J.-M. Boussard

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[eng] In any disciplin, progress of knowledge depend on the validity of the concepts and theories which lie at its center. A historical study of the French school oj farm economics leads us to think that this school has often set the problems badly. Especially the theory according to which agriculture, by its biological nature, is a field completely apart in economics, does not seem able to improve economic thought applied to agriculture. On the contrary, interesting results have been obtained by applying certain concepts of the general economics. Thus it seems more fruitful to build up the conceptualization from the general economic theory. Here We must not forget that the existing agricultural structures give a distinguished caracter to this sector. This caracter justifies studies of the sector by specialized economists and leads to a planing of the research considering both themes of the general theory and the specific character of farm economics involved in every subject. [fre] Dars n'importe quelle discipline, le progrès de la connaissance dépend de la valeur de la problématique. Or, l'étude historique de l'école française d'économie rurale permet de penser que celle-ci a souvent mal posé les problèmes. En particulier, la théorie suivant laquelle l'agriculture, de par sa nature biologique, est un domaine absolument à part de l'économie, ne paraît pas pouvoir susciter l'amélioration de la pensée économique appliquée à l'agriculture. Au contraire, des résultats intéressants ont été obtenus en appliquant à l'économie rurale certains concepts de l'économie générale. Il paraît donc plus fécond de construire la problématique de l'économie rurale à partir de celle de l'économie générale. Ce faisant, il ne faut pas oublier que la structure présente du secteur agricole lui confère des particularités remarquables. Celles-ci justifient l'existence d'économistes spécialisés pour l'étude de ce secteur, et conduisent à une classification des recherches dans laquelle seraient pris en compte à la fois les thèmes de l'économie générale, et les particularités de l'économie rurale impliqués dans chaque sujet.

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  • J.-M. Boussard, 1965. "Réflexions sur l'objet de l'économie rurale," Économie rurale, Programme National Persée, vol. 63(1), pages 89-99.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recoru:ecoru_0013-0559_1965_num_63_1_1883
    DOI: 10.3406/ecoru.1965.1883
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