Editing Jean-Baptiste Say (section)

{{Short description|French economist and businessman (1767–1832)}}
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{{Infobox economist
| name             = Jean-Baptiste Say
| image            = Jean-Baptiste Say.jpg
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1767|1|5|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Lyon]], [[Kingdom of France]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1832|11|15|1767|1|15|df=y}}
| death_place      = [[Paris]], France
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| field            = [[Political economy]]
| school_tradition = [[French Liberal School]]
| alma_mater       =
| influences       = [[Richard Cantillon]], [[Adam Smith]], [[Pietro Verri]]
| contributions    = [[Say's law]], [[entrepreneurship]]
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'''Jean-Baptiste Say''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒɑ̃batist sɛ|lang}}; 5 January 1767 – 15 November 1832) was a [[Economic liberalism|liberal]] French economist and businessman who argued in favor of [[Competition (economics)|competition]], [[free trade]] and lifting restraints on business. He is best known for [[Say's law]]—also known as the law of markets—which he popularized, although scholars disagree as to whether it was Say who first articulated the theory.<ref>{{cite book |last=Thweatt |first=William O. |chapter=Early Formulators of Say's Law |editor1-last=Wood|editor1-first=John Cunningham |editor2-last=Kates|editor2-first=Steven |title=Jean-Baptiste Say: Critical Assessments|volume=5 |date=2000|place=London|publisher=Routledge |isbn=0415232406 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=EcaDC1q_eaAC&pg=PA78 78–93]}} However, Although Braudel notes a variety of different readings of Say's law, they all agree around some formulation of whereby supply creates demand at least eventually if not immediately.</ref><ref>Braudel, Fernand (1979). ''The Wheels of Commerce: Civilisation and Capitalism 15th–18th Century''. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WPDbSXQsvGIC&pg=PA181 p. 181].</ref> Moreover, he was one of the first economists to study [[entrepreneurship]] and conceptualized entrepreneurs as organizers and leaders of the economy.<ref name="Entrepreneurship">{{cite journal|last=Koolman|first=G.|year=1971|title=Say's Conception of the Role of the Entrepreneur|journal=Economica|volume=38|issue=151|pages=269–286|doi=10.2307/2552843|jstor=2552843}}</ref> He was also closely involved in the development of the [[ESCP Business School|École spéciale de commerce et d'industrie]] (ESCP), historically the first business school to be established.