Faccarello, Gilbert.

A History of Economic Thought in France : Political Economy in the Age of Enlightenment. - 1st ed. - Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. ©2024. - 1 online resource (291 pages) - The Routledge History of Economic Thought Series . - The Routledge History of Economic Thought Series .

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Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors to the two volumes -- Preface -- 1 Prelude: from scholasticism to the Enlightenment -- 2 Pierre de Boisguilbert and the foundations of laissez-faire -- 3 John Law and the Mississippi System -- 4 Science of trade and "commerce politique -- 5 François Quesnay and Physiocracy -- 6 Turgot, Graslin and sensationist political economy -- 7 Political critiques of political economy -- 8 The spirit of geometry: quantification and formalisation -- 9 Postlude: intellectual exchanges and last developments -- Index.

This ambitious book explores the heyday of French political economy, covering the period 1695-1914 -- symbolically starting with Boisguilbert's first publication and closing with the First World War. This first volume deals with the history of political economy in France in the Age of Enlightenment.

9780429511035

Economics-France-History-18th century.


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