The Legacy of Mathématique Sociale in Italy and Ricardian Economics: The Case of Francesco Fuoco
探讨了19世纪初意大利经济学家弗朗切斯科·福科在方法论辩论中的贡献，他捍卫演绎法并融合主观价值论与李嘉图分配理论，强调货币在资本主义经济中的作用。
This article discusses the contribution made by Francesco Fuoco (1774–1841) to the methodological debate in the early nineteenth century. In opposition to Say’s view, Fuoco defended the validity of the deductive method in economic analysis, upholding the mathématique sociale tradition. This perspective characterizes his main work, Saggi economici (1825–27), in which he expounded a systematic view of economic theory and synthesized, within the framework of deductive methodology, a typical subjectivist theory of value, drawn from Condillac, with the new Ricardian theory of distribution. As he engaged in defense of the deductive nature of economic analysis, Fuoco found confirmation of the validity of the mathématique sociale tradition in the Ricardian “new theory” of rent. In this analytical context, Fuoco’s original contribution lay in the importance that he assigned to the money function in the capitalist economy.