References and further reading
The best biography of Sismondi remains Jean-Rene De Salis (1932). For a survey of Sismondi’s intellectual education, see Francesca Sofia (1983) and Helmutt Otto Pappe (1963). Pappe also wrote a concise introduction to Sismondi’s political thought in English (Pappe 1979).
On this theme, see also Francesca Sofia (1983). On Sismondi’s economic analysis, see Richard Arena (1981, 1982). Thomas Sowell (1972) contains a chapter about Sismondi. For a Marxist perspective, see Henry Grossmann (1924) and, on Sismondi’s methodology, Jean-Jacques Gislain (1998, 2002). A “humanistic” interpretation of Sismondi is presented by Mark A. Lutz (1999). Note that several Sismondi-related conference proceedings have been published: notably Atti del col- loquio internazionale su Sismondi (Rome: Accademia Nazionale di lincei, 1973); Sismondi Europeen (Geneva: Slatkine and Paris: Honore Champion, 1976); Histoire, socialisme et critique de l’economie politique (Paris: ISMEA, 1976); and Sismondi e la civilta toscana (Florence: Leo S. Olschki, 2001).Arena, R. (1981), ‘Note sur les apports de Sismondi a la theorie classique’, L’Actualite economique, 58 (4), 565-88.
Arena, R. (1982), ‘Reflexion sur l’analyse sismondienne de la formation des prix’, Revue economique, 33 (1), 132-49.
De Salis, J.-R. (1932), Sismondi, 1773-1842. La Vie et l'(Fu∖∙re d’un cosmopolitephilosophe, Paris: Champion.
Gislain, J.-J. (1998), ‘Sismondi and the evolution of economic institutions’, in G. Faccarello (ed.), Studies in the History of French Political Economy. From Bodin to Walras, London and New York: Routledge, pp. 229-53.
Gislain, J.-J. (2002), ‘Entre marche et circuit: la relation salariale selon Sismondi’, Storia del pensiero economico (43-4), 79-112.
Grossmann, H. (1924), Simonde de Sismondi et ses theories economiques. Une nouvelle interpretation de sa pensee, Warsaw: Sumptibus Universitatis Liberae Poloniae.
Lutz, M.A. (1999), Economics for the Common Good. Two Centuries of Social Economic Thought in the Economic Tradition, London: Routledge.
Pappe, H.O. (1963), Sismondis Weggenossen, Geneva: Droz.
Pappe, H.O. (1979), ‘Sismondi’s system of liberty’, Journal of the History of Ideas, 40 (2), 251-66. Schumpeter, J.A. (1954), History of Economic Analysis, New York: Oxford University Press.
Sismondi, J.C.L. Simonde de (1801), Tableau de l’agriculture toscane, Geneva: Paschoud.
Sismondi, J.C.L. Simonde de (1802), Statistique du departement de Leman, reprinted 1971 Geneva: A. Jullien. Sismondi, J.C.L. Simonde de (1803), De la Richesse commerciale, 2 vols, Geneva, Paschoud.
Sismondi, J.C.L. Simonde de (1808-17), Italian Republics; or the Origin, Progress, and Fall of Italian Freedom, reprinted 1832, London, Longman.
Sismondi, J.C.L. Simonde de (1819), Nouveauxprincipes d’economiepolitique ou De la richesse dans ses rapports avec la population, 2 vols, Paris: Delaunay.
Sismondi, J.C.L. Simonde de (1825), Political economy, reprinted 1966, New York: August M. Kelley.
Sismondi, J.C.L. Simonde de (1827), Nouveauxprincipes d’economiepolitique ou De la richesse dans ses rapports avec la population, 2nd edn, Paris: Delaunay (this volume contains his famous articles against the Ricardian school, ‘Examen de cette question: le pouvoir de consommer s’accroit-il toujours dans la societe avec le pouvoir de produire?’ and ‘Sur la balance des consommation avec les productions’).
Sismondi, J.C.L. Simonde de (1827a), New Principles of Political Economy. Of Wealth in Its Relation to Population, reprinted 1997, trans. R. Hyse, foreword by R. Heilbrorner, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction.
Sismondi, J.C.L. Simonde de (1837), Etudes sur l’economie politique, 2 vols, Paris: Treuttel et Wurtz.
Sismondi, J.C.L. Simonde de (2012-17), ^uvres economiques completes, 6 vols: vol. I Tableau de l’agriculture toscane et Statistique du departement de Leman; vol. II De la richesse commerciale; vol. III Ecrits d’economie politique 1799-1815; vol. IV Ecrits d’economie politique 1816-1842; vol. V Nouveaux principes d’economie politiques; vol. VI Etudes sur les sciences sociales, Paris: Economica.
Sofia, F. (1981), ‘Sul pensiero politico-istituzionale del giovane Sismondi’, Rassegna storica del risorgimento, 68 (2), 131-48.
Sofia, F. (1983), Una biblioteca ginevrina del Settecento: i libri del giovane Sismondi, Rome: Edizioni dell’Ateneo & Bizzari.
Sowell, T. (1972), Say’s Law, an Historical Analysis, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.