Économie politique et nouvelle organisation industrielle : la priorité à l’intérêt général dans l’analyse des saint-simoniens

• Main Author: Gilles Jacoud
• Format: Article
• Language: fra
• Published: École Normale Supérieure de Lyon 2017-11-01
• Series: Astérion
• Subjects: Saint-Simonians; public interest; exploitation; industry; ownership; general interest
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/asterion/3040

Upon the death of Saint-Simon in 1825, his disciples endeavoured to develop and diffuse his ideas. They denounced an economic and social order in which workers were exploited by an idler minority in possession of the instruments of labour. The Saint-Simonians championed a project aiming to favour the public interest rather than that of a small number of owners profiting from an economy which catered to their needs. The quest for this public interest involved an improvement of the lot of workers and required a novel approach to political economy, in turn, leading to a new industrial organisation.