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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faccarello, Gilbert, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in the history of economics.

Routledge studies in the history of economics

Standardized Title:

Aux origines de l'économie politique libérale. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Boisguilbert, P. Le Pesant de.

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

Economics.

France--Economic conditions.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

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

9780429228469

OCLC:

70749825