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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faccarello, Gilbert.

Series:

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 31.

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 31

Standardized Title:

Aux origines de l'économie politique libérale. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Economics--France--History--17th century.

Economics.

History.

France--Economic conditions.

France.

Economic conditions.

Boisguilbert, P. Le Pesant de (Pierre Le Pesant), 1646-1714.

Boisguilbert, P. Le Pesant de.

Physical Description:

198 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Summary:

This is the first full length study of Boisguilberts work to appear in English, with an extended discussion of the context in which he worked, a detailed analysis of his life and work, and the theoretical foundations of "laissezifaire."

Contents:

Introduction: A fin de regne Alceste 1

1 The context (I). Social and political Augustinianism 13

2 The context (II). On some problems in the governing of an ordered state 34

3 Equilibrium (I). The social classes approach: from the 'state of innocence' to the 'polished and magnificent state' 58

4 Equilibrium (II). The market approach: the foundations of equilibrium and of free trade 73

5 Destabilising shocks (I). Court language and merchant truth 103

6 Destabilising shocks (II). Market strategies: the propagation of disequilibrium 122.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

0415207991

OCLC:

40193686