Pierre Paul Leroy-Beaulieu (9 December 1843 in

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– 9 December 1916 in

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) was a French economist, brother of

Henri Jean Baptiste Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu Henri Jean Baptiste Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu (February 12, 1842 – June 16, 1912) was a French publicist and historian born at Lisieux, Calvados. He specialized in writing about the history of Russia. Biography In 1866 he published ''Une troup ...

, born at

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on 9 December 1843, and educated in

at the

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and the École de Droit. He afterwards studied at

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and

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, and on his return to Paris began to write for ''

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'', ''Revue nationale'' and ''Revue contemporaine''. In 1867, he won a prize offered by the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences with an essay entitled ''L'Influence de état moral et intellectuel des populations ouvrières sur le taux des salaires''. In 1870 he gained three prizes for essays on ''La Colonisation chez les peuples modernes, L'Administration en France et en Angleterre'', and ''L'Impôt foncier et ses conséquences économiques''. In 1872, Leroy-Beaulieu became professor of finance at the newly founded

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, and in 1880 he succeeded his father-in-law,

Michel Chevalier Michel Chevalier (; 13 January 1806 – 18 November 1879) was a French engineer, statesman, economist and free market liberal. Biography Born in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Chevalier studied at the ''École Polytechnique'', obtaining an engineering d ...

, in the chair of political economy in the

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. In his last years, he was co-president of the

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from 1911 to 1916. Several of his works have made their mark beyond the borders of his own country. Among them may be mentioned his ''Recherches économiques, historiques et statistiques sur les guerres contemporaines'', a series of studies published between 1863 and 1869, in which he calculated the loss of men and capital caused by the great

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an conflicts. He also wrote ''La Question monnaie au dix-neuvieme siècle'' (1861), ''La Travail des femmes au dix-neuvième siècle'' (1873), ''Traité da la science des finances'' (1877), ''Essai sur la répartition des richesses'' (1882), ''Le collectivisme'' (1885), ''L'Algérie at la Tunisie'' (1888), ''Précis d'économie politique'' (1888), and ''L'Etat moderne et ses fonctions'' (1889). He also founded in 1873 the ''Économiste français'', on the model of ''L'Economiste belge'' by

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. Leroy-Beaulieu may be regarded as the leading representative in France of orthodox political economy, and the most pronounced opponent of protectionist and collectivist doctrines. He was elected a member of the

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in 1880. He was elected to the

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in 1881. He was the brother of

(1842-1912), who was a publicist and historian.

References

* * Ebeling, Richard M.
"Paul Leroy-Beaulieu: A Warning Voice About the Socialist Tragedy to Come,"
Future of Freedom Foundation, January 29, 2018.

External links

Texts of Leroy-Beaulieu can be found in Gallica
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leroy-Beaulieu, Pierre Paul 1843 births 1916 deaths People from Saumur French economists French classical liberals French Liberal School Academic staff of the Collège de France Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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