| Titre | Le concept quesnayen d'ordre naturel | |
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| Auteur | Marianne Fischman | |
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Revue | Cahiers d'économie politique |
| Numéro | no 32, automne 1998 | |
| Page | 67-97 | |
| Résumé anglais |
This article gives an interpretation of Quesnay's economic and political writings founded on the concept of natural order defined in "Évidence" (Quesnay 1756a). First, it shows that this concept leads Quesnay to conceive the desire of wealth as a sociable passion. Then, it brings out how the concept of natural order leads Quesnay to unite theory of law and economics, until then reduced to political arithmetic, and thus to construct its political economy. This article shows that thanks to the concept of natural order, Quesnay explains that the increase of agricultural wealth is the necessary and sufficient condition to protect any forms of property. It stresses the point that Quesnay's originality is to found this proposition on a definition of an economic link - the theory of net product relying on the "bon prix" - between wealth and property. This article enlightens, thus, the emphasis that Quesnay puts on real estate and its defence of legal despotism. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cep_0154-8344_1998_num_32_1_1227 |
