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18th-century economists

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Adam MüllerAuthor · BooksAdam Heinrich Müller (30 June 1779 – 17 January 1829; after 1827 Ritter von Nitterdorf) was a German-Austrian conservative philosopher, literary critic, and political economist, working…
Alexander HamiltonAuthor · BooksAlexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755, or 1757July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S.
Alexander RadishchevAuthor · BooksAlexander Nikolayevich Radishchev (–) was a Russian author and social critic who was arrested and exiled under Catherine the Great.
Alexander von HumboldtAuthor · BooksFriedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science.
Anders ChydeniusAuthor · BooksAnders Chydenius (lang; 26 February 1729 – 1 February 1803) was a Swedish-Finnish Lutheran priest, member of the Swedish Riksdag, and one of the most important champions of democratic…
André MorelletAuthor · BooksIllustration — Engraving of André Morellet
Antoine LavoisierAuthor · BooksAntoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (26 August 17438 May 1794), also Antoine Lavoisier after the French Revolution, was a French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th-century chemical…
Arthur YoungAuthor · BooksArthur Young FRS (11 September 1741 – 12 April 1820) was an English agriculturist.
Barthélemy-Prosper EnfantinAuthor · BooksBarthélemy-Prosper Enfantin (8 February 17961 September 1864) was a French social reformer, one of the founders of Saint-Simonianism. He was also a proponent of a Suez Canal.
Carl Friedrich von RumohrAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Carl Friedrich von Rumohr by Friedrich von Nerly
Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-SimonAuthor · BooksClaude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon (17 October 1760 – 19 May 1825), better known as Henri de Saint-Simon (lang), was a French political, economic and socialist theorist and…
Edward Gibbon WakefieldAuthor · BooksEdward Gibbon Wakefield (20 March 179616 May 1862) was an English politician in colonial Canada and New Zealand.
Gaspar Melchor de JovellanosAuthor · BooksGaspar Melchor "Jovino" de Jovellanos (born Gaspar Melchor de Jove y Llanos, 5 January 1744 – 27 November 1811) was a Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure…
Georg von CancrinAuthor · BooksCount Georg Ludwig Cancrin (Yegor Frantsevich Kankrin; 16 November 1774 – 10 September 1845) was a Russian German aristocrat and politician best known for spearheading reforms in the…
Gian Rinaldo CarliAuthor · BooksGian Rinaldo Carli (11 April 1720 – 22 February 1795), also known by other names, was a Venetian economist, historian, and antiquarian.
Jean Charles Léonard de SismondiAuthor · BooksJean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, also known as Jean Charles Leonard Simonde de Sismondi (French: [ʒɑ̃ ʃaʁl leɔnaʁ də sismɔ̃di];
Jean-Baptiste SayAuthor · BooksJean-Baptiste Say (5 January 1767 – 15 November 1832) was a liberal French economist and businessman who argued in favor of competition, free trade, and lifting restraints on business.
Johann Heinrich Jung-StillingAuthor · BooksJohann Heinrich Jung (12 September 1740, in Grund – 2 April 1817, in Karlsruhe), better known by his assumed name Heinrich Stilling, was a German author.
John BowringAuthor · BooksSir John Bowring, or Phrayā Siam Mānukūlakicca Siammitra Mahāyaśa (17 October 1792 – 23 November 1872) was a British political economist, traveller, writer, literary translator, polyglot…
Josiah WarrenPerson · Music memorabiliaJosiah Warren (June 26, 1798 – April 14, 1874) was an American social reformer, inventor, musician, businessman, and philosopher.
Karl Ludwig von HallerAuthor · BooksKarl Ludwig von Haller (1 August 1768 – 20 May 1854) was a Swiss jurist, statesman and political philosopher.
Marie Armande Jeanne Gacon-DufourAuthor · Books
Pierre Louis RoedererAuthor · BooksComte Pierre Louis Roederer (15 February 1754 – 17 December 1835) was a French politician, economist, and historian, politically active in the era of the French Revolution and First French…
Richard WhatelyAuthor · BooksRichard Whately (1 February 1787 – 8 October 1863) was an English academic, rhetorician, logician, philosopher, economist, and theologian who also served as a reforming Church of Ireland…
Thomas Robert MalthusAuthor · BooksThomas Robert Malthus (13/14 February 1766 – 29 December 1834) was an English economist, cleric, and scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography.
William WhewellAuthor · BooksWilliam Whewell (24 May 17946 March 1866) was an English polymath. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

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