Summary
This introduction to a special journal issue examines the intellectual history of the French 'School of Liberty' and traces the ideological contest between classical liberal economic thought and the rising tide of state interventionism in French political economy during the late nineteenth century. The paper situates this transition within broader European economic and political contexts, as suggested by its title and publication venue focused on markets and morality.
UK applicability
The historical analysis of liberal versus interventionist economic thought in nineteenth-century France has limited direct applicability to contemporary UK farming systems or food policy, though it may contextualise broader Western shifts in state economic governance.
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