He also founded in 1873 the Économiste français, on the model of L'Economiste belge by Gustave de Molinari.
Leroy-Beaulieu may be regarded as the leading representative in France of orthodox political economy, and the most pronounced opponent of protectionist and collectivist doctrines.
Leroy-Beaulieu was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1880.
He was the brother of Henri Jean Baptiste Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu (1842-1912), who was a publicist and historian.