TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roberts,Hazel Van Dyke
TI  - Boisguilbert Economist of the Reign of Louis XIV
T2  - Faculty of Political Science, Columbia University
SN  - 9780231904964
PY  - 1935///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Columbia University Press, 
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Introduction: Economic Conditions under Louis XIV --; I. The Time Produces the Man --; II. Schoolmaster to the Controller General --; III. Defeat --; IV. Writings and Style --; V. The Taille --; VI. Affaires extraordinaires; The Aides and Duanes --; VII. The Political Situation; On Colbert --; VIII. Boisguilbert’s Proposals for Reform --; IX. Social Philosophy: A Precursor of the Socialists --; X. Theory of Economic Fluctuation --; XI. On Money and Credit --; XII. On Value and Price --; XIII. On the Rent of Land --; XIV. The Relation of Boisguilbert’s Concept of Economic Equilibrium to Static Theory --; XV. Laissez Faire --; XVI. The Prototype of The Wealth of Nations --; XVII. The Prototype of The Wealth of Nations: External Evidence --; Appendix: Criticism of Oncken’s History of the Origin of the Maxim “Laissez Faire” --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - An "appreciative exposition" on the writings of Boisguilbert, with special emphasis on his descriptions of trade restraints and their effects on the economy in seventh-century France. The author also compares these descriptions with the origin of the theory of laissez faire and other modern economic thought
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7312/robe90496
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231879033
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