The foundations of laissez-faire : the economics of Pierre de Boisguilbert /
This is the first full length study of Boisguilbert's work to appear in English. It contains an extended discussion of the context in which Boisguilbert worked, as well as a detailed analysis of his life and work.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English French |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2001.
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| ISBN: | 0415207991 9780415207997 0203005635 9780203005637 1134620527 9781134620524 0429228465 9780429228469 1280334959 9781280334955 0203170415 9780203170410 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; The Foundations of Laissez-faire; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction: A fin de règne Alceste; 1 The context (I). Social and political Augustinianism; 2 The context (II). On some problems in the governing ofan ordered state; 3 Equilibrium (I). The social classes approach: from the 'state ofinnocence' to the 'polished and magnificent state'; 4 Equilibrium (II). The market approach: the foundations ofequilibrium and of free trade; 5 Destabilising shocks (I). Court language and merchant truth
- 6 Destabilising shocks (II). Market strategies: the propagationof disequilibriumConclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index