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Record Nr.

UNINA9910799953803321

Autore

Faccarello Gilbert

Titolo

The foundations of laissez-faire : the economics of Pierre de Boisguilbert / / Gilbert Faccarello

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-62051-9

1-134-62052-7

0-429-22846-5

1-280-33495-9

0-203-00563-5

0-203-17041-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the history of economics

Disciplina

330.15/3

Soggetti

Economics - France - History - 17th century

France Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.