Physiocrats and the World of the Enlightenment

Auteur: Vardi, Liana (University at Buffalo, State University of New York)
Editeur: Cambridge University Press
Physiocracy, an eighteenth-century French economic theory widely considered a forerunner of modern economics, argued that wealth derived exclusively from agriculture. This work places the Physiocrats in context by inscribing economic thought within broader Enlightenment trends and offers a framework for understanding physiocratic theory and its complicated relation to modern economics.
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Physiocracy, an eighteenth-century French economic theory widely considered a forerunner of modern economics, argued that wealth derived exclusively from agriculture. This work places the Physiocrats in context by inscribing economic thought within broader Enlightenment trends and offers a framework for understanding physiocratic theory and its complicated relation to modern economics.
ISBN / EAN 9781107021198
Auteur Vardi, Liana (University at Buffalo, State University of New York)
Editeur Cambridge University Press