Editing Jean-Jacques Rousseau (section)

===Economic theory===
Rousseau offers a wealth of economic thought in his writings, especially the ''[[Discourse on Inequality]]'', ''Discourse on Political Economy'', the ''[[The Social Contract|Social Contract]]'', as well as his [[Constitutional Project for Corsica|constitutional projects for Corsica]] and [[Considerations on the Government of Poland|Poland]]. Rousseau's economic theory has been criticised as sporadic and unrigorous by later economists such as [[Joseph Schumpeter]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schumpeter |first1=Joseph |title=History of Economic Analysis. |date=1954 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |page=139}}</ref> but has been praised by historians of economic thought for its nuanced view of finance and mature thought on development.{{sfn|Li|2020}} Scholars generally accept that Rousseau offers a critique of modern wealth and luxury. Moreover, Rousseau's economic thought is associated with agrarianism and [[Autarky|Autarkism]]. Historian [[István Hont|Istvan Hont]] modifies this reading, however, by suggesting that Rousseau is both a critic and a thinker of commerce, leaving room for well-regulated commerce within a well-governed civil space.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hont |first1=István |title=Politics in Commercial Society. |date=2015 |publisher=Harvard University Press |location=Cambridge |page=126}}</ref> Political theorists Ryan Hanley and Hansong Li further argue that as a modern legislator, Rousseau seeks not to reject, but to tame utility, self-love, and even trade, finance, and luxury to serve the health of the republic.{{sfn|Li|2020}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hanley |first1=Ryan |title=Enlightened Nation Building: The 'Science of the Legislator' in Adam Smith and Rousseau |journal=American Journal of Political Science |date=2008 |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=219–234 |doi=10.1111/j.1540-5907.2008.00309.x|doi-access=free }}</ref>