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The first edition of this uncommon series of letters by the French economist Jean-Baptiste Say, addressed to his rival economist Malthus. The first edition of this uncommon work.In the original French.Jean-Baptiste Say's series of five letters written in response to Thomas Robert Malthus' 'Principles of Political Economy'.In this work, Say defends the theories he has put forth in his 1803 'Traite d'Economie Politique', which he says Malthus misrepresented in favour of Jean Charles Leonard de Sismondi's views on "general glut". Say's letters show an interesting view of the debate on the law of markets and their opponents.Jean-Baptiste Say was an eminent French economist who is known for his Say's law, also known as the law of markets. Unbound, lacking the boards and backstrip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with a few light handling marks and spots, and a light tidemark to the margin of a few pages. The occasional pencil note to the text. Good Only.

One of the foundational texts on political economy, where Say elaborates on his economic theories, including Say's Law of markets.