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Conventionalism and liberalism in Jacques Rueff's early works (1922 to 1929)

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From the early 1920s, the French economist Jacques Rueff (1896 to 1978) aimed to reconstruct liberalism on new and modern foundations in order to meet the new challenges faced by capitalism. In this perspective, he presented in 1922 his own discourse on economic method, and a few months later presented his first economic analysis on money, unemployment and international trade. Rueff asserted that his methodology and the philosophical foundations on which it was built - Henri Poincare's Conventionalism - supported his theory and doctrine. It is the purpose of this paper, focused on the 1922 to 1929 period, first to study Rueff's methodology, theory and doctrine, and second to examine the problematic relations (Methodology → Theory → Doctrine) between these three levels of his first intellectual project.

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  • Ludovic Frobert, 2010. "Conventionalism and liberalism in Jacques Rueff's early works (1922 to 1929)," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(3), pages 439-470.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eujhet:v:17:y:2010:i:3:p:439-470
    DOI: 10.1080/09672560903204957
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    1. Adrien Lutz, 2015. "Non-Euclidean geometry and political economy How Jacques Rueff explained unemployment in England (1919-1931)," Working Papers 1522, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon.
    2. Adrien Lutz, 2015. "Non-Euclidean geometry and political economy How Jacques Rueff explained unemployment in England (1919-1931)," Working Papers halshs-01199259, HAL.

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