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The Madman And The Economist(S): Georges Bataille And François Perroux As French Critiques Of The Marshall Plan

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This paper deals with the initial reception of the Marshall Plan by Georges Bataille and François Perroux in light of the discussion they held in the journal Critique, during the second half of 1948. I argue that Bataille and Perroux took the Marshall Plan as an enigma that current economic and political theories were not able to explain fully. In response, both authors contributed a unique and sophisticated economic analysis to transcend what they perceived as the limited scope of economics. By focusing on this interdisciplinary dialogue, this paper is intended as a contribution to a history of economic thought, taking in the economic inquiry of non-economists and the ways in which they relate to professional economists.

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  • Fèvre, Raphaël, 2022. "The Madman And The Economist(S): Georges Bataille And François Perroux As French Critiques Of The Marshall Plan," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, vol. 44(3), pages 344-369, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jhisec:v:44:y:2022:i:3:p:344-369_2
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