The common understanding of physiocracy – the school of eighteenth-century political economy associated with thinkers such as Boisguillebert and Quesnay – is often confined to the view that it considered agriculture the only source of wealth, and manufacture, trade and export as unproductive. The limitations of this view are particularly acute for those wishing to chart the ancien régime as it approached 1789. First published in 1939, this study attempts to answer such questions as: What is the meaning of physiocracy? What is the provenance of its various doctrines? What were its ultimate intentions? For many it is unclear how the physiocrats could expound such views against all the arguments employed by their opponents: particularly so given that, among them, were men revered by the likes of Adam Smith, either as profound thinkers, such as Quesnay, or as statesmen, such as Turgot.
| ISBN: | 9781138779600 |
| Publication date: | 10th April 2015 |
| Author: | Max Beer |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 194 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Revivals |
| Genres: |
Economic history Economic theory and philosophy History and Archaeology |
The common understanding of physiocracy – the school of eighteenth-century political economy associated with thinkers such as Boisguillebert and Quesnay – is often confined to the view that it considered agriculture the only source of wealth, and manufacture, trade and export as unproductive. The limitations of this view are particularly acute for those wishing to chart the ancien régime as it approached 1789. First published in 1939, this study attempts to answer such questions as: What is the meaning of physiocracy? What is the provenance of its various doctrines? What were its ultimate intentions? For many it is unclear how the physiocrats could expound such views against all the arguments employed by their opponents: particularly so given that, among them, were men revered by the likes of Adam Smith, either as profound thinkers, such as Quesnay, or as statesmen, such as Turgot.
An Inquiry into Physiocracy (Routledge Revivals) features in the following genres: Economic history, Economic theory and philosophy, History and Archaeology
An Inquiry into Physiocracy (Routledge Revivals) is available in Paperback
An Inquiry into Physiocracy (Routledge Revivals) was written by Max Beer and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
An Inquiry into Physiocracy (Routledge Revivals) has 194 pages
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