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Le dynamisme de l'économie française sous Louis XVI

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  • Jean-Pierre Poussou

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[eng] The dynamism of french economy under the reign of Louis XVI. . The use of linldng ail the French history under the reign of Louis XVI with opening on the Revolution bas for consequence to describe essentially the french economy by speaking about the crises and difficultes. Clearly, these exist : superabundance of vintages, rise of prices of cereals during the winter 1788-1789, difficultes which corne from the english competition after the treaty of 1786, and also from more localized problems.. Still, if we conduct our study along the evolution of the reign and no by proceeding from 1789, if we put the years 1785-1789 into their secular context, it is very clear than, in spite of agricultural weights, we have a great economic dynamism in France. Facing the England, the competition was not lost, quite the contrary. The foreign trade, especially colonial, is shining, and the industrial activities grow very fast into several sectors and are most important than the greatest part of authors believe.. . [fre] Le dynamisme de l'économie française sous Louis XVI. . Par habitude de lier toute l'histoire française pré-révolutionnaire au déclenchement de la Révolution, on étudie essentiellement l'économie française pendant le règne de Louis XVI sous l'angle des crises et des difficultés. Bien entendu, celles-ci existent, qu'elles proviennent de la surabondance des vendanges, de la hausse des prix céréaliers en 1788-1789, des difficultés nées d'une concurrence anglaise accrue après le traité de 1786 ou d'autres problèmes plus ponctuels.. Pourtant, si l'on veut bien aborder cène étude en suivant l'évolution du règne et non plus en partant de 1789, si l'on replace les années 1785-1789 dans leur contexte séculaire, ce qui apparaît, malgré les pesanteurs agricoles, c'est bien un grand dynamisme économique français. Face à l'Angleterre, la partie n'était absolument pas perdue, tout au contraire. Le commerce extérieur, notamment colonial, est brillant, et les activités industrielles en pleine croissance beaucoup plus importantes qu'on ne le croit.

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  • Jean-Pierre Poussou, 1989. "Le dynamisme de l'économie française sous Louis XVI," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 40(6), pages 965-984.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:reveco:reco_0035-2764_1989_num_40_6_409180
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