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Boisguilbert Economist of the Reign of Louis XIV / Hazel Van Dyke Roberts.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Faculty of Political Science, Columbia UniversityPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1935]Copyright date: ©1935Description: 1 online resource (380 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780231904964
  • 9780231879033
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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