Bertrand de Jouvenel
Life
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After the French defeat in 1940 Jouvenel stayed in Paris and under German occupation published ''Après la Défaite'', calling for France to join Hitler's New Order. He fled to Switzerland just before the liberation of Paris by the Allies. Jouvenel was among the very few French intellectuals to pay respectful attention to the economic theory and [[welfare economics]] that emerged during the first half of the 20th century in Austria, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. However, he is against government-enforced redistribution in his work ''The Ethics of Redistribution''. |
After the French defeat in 1940 Jouvenel stayed in Paris and under German occupation published ''Après la Défaite'', calling for France to join Hitler's New Order. He fled to Switzerland just before the liberation of Paris by the Allies. Jouvenel was among the very few French intellectuals to pay respectful attention to the economic theory and [[welfare economics]] that emerged during the first half of the 20th century in Austria, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. However, he is against government-enforced redistribution in his work ''The Ethics of Redistribution''. |
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Jouvenel's mother passionately supported |
Jouvenel's mother passionately supported Czechoslovak independence, and so he began his career as a private secretary to [[Edvard Beneš]], [[Czechoslovakia]]'s first prime minister. In 1947, along with [[Friedrich Hayek]], [[Jacques Rueff]], and [[Milton Friedman]], he founded the [[Mont Pelerin Society]]. Later in life, de Jouvenel established the Futuribles International in Paris. |
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[[Dennis Hale (political scientist)|Dennis Hale]] of Boston College has co-edited two volumes of essays by Jouvenel.{{cite web|url=https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/mcas/departments/political-science/people/faculty-directory/dennis-hale.html|title=Dennis Hale|publisher=Boston College|access-date=21 September 2018|archive-date=30 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430134630/https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/mcas/departments/political-science/people/faculty-directory/dennis-hale.html|url-status=dead}} |
[[Dennis Hale (political scientist)|Dennis Hale]] of Boston College has co-edited two volumes of essays by Jouvenel.{{cite web|url=https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/mcas/departments/political-science/people/faculty-directory/dennis-hale.html|title=Dennis Hale|publisher=Boston College|access-date=21 September 2018|archive-date=30 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430134630/https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/mcas/departments/political-science/people/faculty-directory/dennis-hale.html|url-status=dead}} |
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