Center for Economic and Social History François Simiand
« I start from a premise, from the sole premise that the purpose of economic science is to know and explain the economic reality »
François Simiand, “ La méthode positive en science économique”, Communication au 3e Congrès international de philosophie, Heidelberg, 1908. Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale, November 1908.
Research themes
- Historical demography
- History of development
- State and social Protection
- Income and patrimony inequalities
- Currency, credit, finance
- Economic and social mobility
- Labor History