Works
- Ce qu'on voit et ce qu'on ne voit pas (That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen), 1850
In Thinking Tools
Known for
A French economist and pamphleteer of the liberal school. In his best-known essay, the parable of the broken window, he argued that a good economist counts both the visible effect of an act and the effects that are not seen, such as what the money spent on the repair would otherwise have bought.