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Jean-Baptiste Say (French: [ʒãbatist sɛ]; 5 January 1767 – 15 November 1832) was a French economist and businessman. He had classically liberal views and argued in favor of competition free trade and lifting restraints on business. He is best known due to Say’s Law which is named after him and at times credited to him but while he discussed and popularized it he did not originate it.