1st Edition
The Foundations of 'Laissez-Faire' The Economics of Pierre de Boisguilbert
By Gilbert Faccarello
Copyright 1999
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.
Introduction 1. The Context (I). Social and Political Augustinianism 2. The Context (II). On Some Problems in the Governing of an Ordered State 3. Equilibrium (I). The Social Classes Approach: From the State of Innocence to the Polished and Magnificent State 4. Equilibrium (II). The Market Approach: The Foundations of Equilibrium and of Free Trade 5. Destablishing Shocks (I). Court Language and Merchant Truth 6. Destablishing Shocks (II). Market Strategies: The Propagation of Disequilibrium Conclusion Appendix
Biography
Gilbert Faccarello
'...this version will be especially welcomes by thyose whoe command of French is limited or non-existent' - A. W. Bob Coats, Economic History Society 2000
