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'''Antoine Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy''' (1754–1836), a French philosopher and economist, is worthy of attention as a contributor to French liberal thought in the tradition of [[Wikipedia:Étienne Bonnot de Condillac|Condillac]]. Tracy's deductive methodology, his liberal approach to governmental affairs, and his subjectivism qualify him as a proto-Austrian economist who enjoyed considerable influence not only in France but also around the world. He had also influence on American Jeffersonian thought. | '''Antoine Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy''' (1754–1836), a French philosopher and economist, is worthy of attention as a contributor to French liberal thought in the tradition of [[Wikipedia:Étienne Bonnot de Condillac|Condillac]]. Tracy's deductive methodology, his liberal approach to governmental affairs, and his subjectivism qualify him as a proto-Austrian economist who enjoyed considerable influence not only in France but also around the world. He had also influence on American Jeffersonian thought. | ||
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* [http://www.econlib.org/library/Tracy/DestuttdeTracyBio.html Life and Works of Antoine Louis Claude, Comte Destutt de Tracy] | * [http://www.econlib.org/library/Tracy/DestuttdeTracyBio.html Life and Works of Antoine Louis Claude, Comte Destutt de Tracy] | ||
* [http://mises.org/resources/3685/A-Treatise-on-Political-Economy A Treatise on Political Economy] by Destutt Tracy | * [http://mises.org/resources/3685/A-Treatise-on-Political-Economy A Treatise on Political Economy] by Destutt Tracy | ||
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Antoine Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy (1754–1836), a French philosopher and economist, is worthy of attention as a contributor to French liberal thought in the tradition of Condillac. Tracy's deductive methodology, his liberal approach to governmental affairs, and his subjectivism qualify him as a proto-Austrian economist who enjoyed considerable influence not only in France but also around the world. He had also influence on American Jeffersonian thought.
External links
- Destutt de Tracy on Wikipedia
- The Economics of Destutt de Tracy by Timothy D. Terrell
- Life and Works of Antoine Louis Claude, Comte Destutt de Tracy
- A Treatise on Political Economy by Destutt Tracy