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Grandeurs et misères de l’entrepreneur balzacien : une lecture croisée de "La Maison du Chat-qui-pelote" et de "César Birotteau"

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  • Louis Azan

    (LEFMI - Laboratoire d’Économie, Finance, Management et Innovation - UR UPJV 4286 - UPJV - Université de Picardie Jules Verne)

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In the early 19th century, the entrepreneur became a major figure, both in economics and in literature. He is to be found in the analyses of economists (Cantillon, Smith and Jean-Baptiste Say), as well as in the novels and short stories of writers, in particular Balzac, who gives a special place to money and commerce in his work. This article explores the representation of the entrepreneur in a novel and a short story (César Birotteau and La Maison du Chat-qui-pelote) by the author of the Comédie Humaine, and seeks to draw a dialogue between economics and literature, in order to sketch the place of the Balzacien entrepreneur in the history of economic thought.

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  • Louis Azan, 2023. "Grandeurs et misères de l’entrepreneur balzacien : une lecture croisée de "La Maison du Chat-qui-pelote" et de "César Birotteau"," Working Papers hal-04084476, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-04084476
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    Economic Theory; Literary Theory; History of Economic Thought; Entrepreneur; Théorie économique; Théorie littéraire; Balzac; Histoire de la pensée économique;
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