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Dupuit's reputation as an economist does not rest on his advocacy of laissez-faire economics ( he wrote " Commercial Freedom " in 1861 ) but on frequent contributions to periodicals.

Wanting to evaluate the net economic benefit of public services, Dupuit analysed capacities for economic development, and attempted to construct a framework for utility theory and measuring the prosperity derived with public works.

He also wrote on monopoly and price discrimination.