An Inquiry into Physiocracy (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2014
198 pages
978-1-317-67469-6 (ISBN)
Description
The common understanding of physiocracy - the school of eighteenth-century political economy associated with thinkers such as Boisguillebert and Quesnay - is often confined to the view that it considered agriculture the only source of wealth, and manufacture, trade and export as unproductive. The limitations of this view are particularly acute for those wishing to chart the ancien regime as it approached 1789.
First published in 1939, this study attempts to answer such questions as: What is the meaning of physiocracy? What is the provenance of its various doctrines? What were its ultimate intentions? For many it is unclear how the physiocrats could expound such views against all the arguments employed by their opponents: particularly so given that, among them, were men revered by the likes of Adam Smith, either as profound thinkers, such as Quesnay, or as statesmen, such as Turgot.
First published in 1939, this study attempts to answer such questions as: What is the meaning of physiocracy? What is the provenance of its various doctrines? What were its ultimate intentions? For many it is unclear how the physiocrats could expound such views against all the arguments employed by their opponents: particularly so given that, among them, were men revered by the likes of Adam Smith, either as profound thinkers, such as Quesnay, or as statesmen, such as Turgot.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
7,56 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-67469-6 (9781317674696)
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Content
Introduction; 1. Physiocracy as a Problem 2. French Mercantilism 3. The Economics of the Law of Nature 4. Pioneers of Physiocracy 5. Francois Quesnay 6. Quesnay's Economics 7. Recapitulation 8. The Physiocratic Realm 9. The Physiocratic School; Index
