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The reputations of Adam Smith, Jean-Baptiste Say, Joseph Schumpeter and Friedrich Hayek surpass that of a dyspeptic economist writing for the New York Times.
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They have all forgotten a founding tenet of economics that French economist Jean-Baptiste Say discovered in 1803: People supply what they demand.
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French economist Jean-Baptiste Say predicted 200 years ago what would go wrong: When caregivers make more money by providing more care, supply creates its own demand.
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It was proposed by French businessman (and economist) Jean-Baptiste Say in 1803, refuted by Thomas Malthus in 1820, refuted again by John Maynard Keynes in 1936, un-refuted by Henry Hazlitt in 1959, and re-refuted by Paul Krugman as recently as February 10th of this year.
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Where might Krugman assign the legacy of supply-side giants such as Adam Smith, Jean Baptiste Say, Joseph Schumpeter and Friederich Hayek?
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