CHAPTER I: SISMONDI AND THE ORIGINS OF THE CRITICAL SCHOOL

(M. RIST) 170

I. THE AIM AND METHOD OF POLITICAL ECONOMY 173

II. SISMONDI’S CRITICISM OF OVER-PRODUCTION AND COMPETITION 178

III. THE DIVORCE OF LAND FROM LABOUR AS THE CAUSE OR PAUPERISM AND OF CRISES 186

IV. SISMONDI’S REFORM PROJECTS. HIS INFLUENCE UPON THE HISTORY OF DOCTRINES 192