In this paper I argue that Bernard Mandeville, Jean Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith are confronted to the same question: how to explain values from a naturalistic origin of morality. An in-depth analysis of their theories of human nature and market society will show that Rousseau is further from...

This article explores the connection between Bernard Mandeville and Jeremy Bentham. Their analyses are complementary on two points: first, the descriptive sense of the utility principle, main axiom of Bentham's utilitarianism, relies on an implicit anthropological conception which Mandeville...

Este artículo presenta un análisis crítico de las interpretaciones de la teoría de los precios naturales de Adam Smith. Las nuevas lecturas de la obra de Smith ofrecen un análisis renovado del autor pero no logran resolver una de las grandes preguntas en su teoría económica: la cuestión...

Resumen: En este artículo buscamos responder a los diferentes argumentos contrarios a la historia del pensamiento económico, como área de investigación y de enseñanza, para mostrar la vigencia y relevancia del área en la formación de los futuros economistas. En momentos en que la...

We present a comparison between the works of two great critics of the market economy: Rousseau and Marx. It shows their similarities and divergences, most important of which is the place they give to economic analysis in their intellectual and political theories. Whereas Marx built his political...

"Travail et richesses, besoins et désirs, luxe, commerce, argent" : Rousseau partage avec la théorie économique - de son époque et de la nôtre - un vocabulaire qui témoigne de préoccupations communes. Comme les économistes, il recherche les conditions qui permettraient de concilier...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau is rarely mentioned in the history of economic thought. For a long time his criticism of market economy has been described as a defense of an agricultural society with no relation with the outer world that could even be considered as anchored in the past. Maybe one of the...