Théodore Fix (1800,

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- 31 July 1846) was a Swiss-born French economist.

Biography

Fix went to Paris in 1830, where he edited the geographic section and contributed most of the geographic articles for the ''Bulletin universel des sciences''. In 1833 he founded and edited the ''Revue mensuelle d'économie politique'' (1833-1836, 5 volumes) and wrote a large number of noteworthy articles for the ''Journal des l'Économistes'' and other French newspapers. In 1840, the

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awarded a prize to his treatise ''L'Association des douanes allemandes'' on the ''

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'' and commissioned him to elaborate the economic part of the ''Rapport sur les progrès des sciences sociales depuis 1789''. Keenly aware of the situation of the working classes, Fix demanded better educational opportunities for the masses, measures in favor of the health of the factory workers, and workers' rights. His last work, ''Observations sur l'état des classes ouvrières'' (Paris, 1846), argued that the working classes deserved better opportunities.

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Sources

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fix, Theodore French economists 1800 births 1846 deaths