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J.-C.-L. Simonde de (Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde) Sismondi
1773–1842
A Swiss historian and political economist, he wrote sweeping histories of Italy and France while also warning early about the human costs of unchecked industrial capitalism.
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Storia delle repubbliche italiane dei secoli di mezzo, v. 03 (of 16)
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Storia delle repubbliche italiane dei secoli di mezzo, v. 05 (of 16)
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Storia delle repubbliche italiane dei secoli di mezzo, v. 16 (of 16)
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Storia delle repubbliche italiane dei secoli di mezzo, v. 14 (of 16)
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Storia delle repubbliche italiane dei secoli di mezzo, v. 13 (of 16)
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Storia delle repubbliche italiane dei secoli di mezzo, v. 12 (of 16)
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Storia delle repubbliche italiane dei secoli di mezzo, v. 01 (of 16)
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Storia delle repubbliche italiane dei secoli di mezzo, v. 06 (of 16)
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Storia delle repubbliche italiane dei secoli di mezzo, v. 02 (of 16)
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About the author
Born in Geneva in 1773, Sismondi became known both as a historian and as an economist. Reference works including Britannica and Wikipedia describe him as a Swiss writer whose work ranged from large-scale national histories to influential economic criticism.
He is especially remembered for his histories of the Italian republics and of the French, as well as for Nouveaux principes d'économie politique (1819), a book that challenged the idea that economic growth alone guaranteed public well-being. Later readers have often seen him as an early critic of industrial capitalism because he paid close attention to unemployment, inequality, and social disruption.
Sismondi died in 1842 near Geneva, but his writing continued to matter long afterward because it connected economics with everyday human welfare rather than treating wealth as an end in itself.