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Jean-Baptiste Say, an economist, was born on January 5, 1767, and died on November 15, 1832. He was one of the representative figures of the classical school of economics and is known for his profound understanding of the market economy and his advocacy for free economy.

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“The haggardness of poverty is everywhere seen contrasted with the sleekness of wealth, the exhorted labour of some compensating for the idleness of others, wretched hovels by the side of stately colonnades, the rags of indigence blended with the ensigns of opulence; in a word, the most useless profusion in the midst of the most urgent wants.”

Want Sides Wealth Poverty Useless Labour Midst Wretched Idleness Urgent Rags Opulence

Author:Jean-Baptiste Say

“Nothing is more dangerous in practice, than an obstinate, unbending adherence to a system, particularly in its application to the wants and errors of mankind.”

Want Practice Mankind Dangerous Errors Application Obstinate Adherence

Book:A Treatise on Political Economy; Or, The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth

Source: A Treatise on Political Economy; Or, The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth

“What is the motive which operates in every man's breast to counteract the impulse towards the gratification of his wants and appetites?”

Men Want Every Man Impulse Motive Breasts Appetite Gratification

Book:A Treatise on Political Economy: Or, The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth

Source: A Treatise on Political Economy: Or, The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth

“It is a melancholy but an undoubted fact, that, even in the most thriving countries, part of the population annually dies of mere want. Not that all who perish from want absolutely die of hunger; though this calamity is of more frequent occurrence than is generally supposed.”

Want Country Facts Dies Mere Hunger Population Melancholy Calamity

Book:A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth

Source: A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth

“The wants of mankind are supplied and satisfied out of the gross values produced and created, and not out of the net values only.”

Want Values Mankind Satisfied Gross

Book:A treatise on political economy

Source: A treatise on political economy

“Wherefore it is impossible to succeed in comparing wealth of different eras or different nations. This, in political economy, like squaring the circle in mathematics, is impracticable, for want of a common mean or measure to go by.”

Want Mean Different Political Nations Wealth Common Economy Impossible Succeed Mathematics Circles Eras Compare Political Economy Different Eras

Book:A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth

Source: A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth