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

• Autore: Faccarello Gilbert
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.15/3
• Soggetto topico: Economics - France - History - 17th century
• Soggetto geografico: France Economic conditions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The foundations of laissez-faire
• ISBN: 1-134-62052-7; 0-429-22846-5; 1-280-33495-9; 0-203-00563-5; 0-203-17041-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454996003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in the history of economics.