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15 november 1832 paris , france auguste comte , thomas hodgskin , frédéric bastiat lyon , france classical liberalism richard cantillon , adam smith say 's law 225px french political economy 5 january 1767 jean-baptiste say.jpg jean-baptiste say
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jean-baptiste say

jean-baptiste say -lrb- ; 5 january 1767 -- 15 november 1832 -rrb- was a french economist and businessman .
he had classically liberal views and argued in favor of competition , free trade , and lifting restraints on business .
he is best known for say 's law , also known as the law of markets , which he popularized .
scholars disagree on the surprisingly subtle question of whether it was say who first stated what we now call say 's law .
