Boisguilbert Economist of the Reign of Louis XIV / Hazel Van Dyke Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Hazel Van Dyke, author.

Series:

Faculty of Political Science, Columbia University

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1935]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An "appreciative exposition" on the writings of Boisguilbert, with special emphasis on his descriptions of trade restraints and their effects on the economy in seventh-century France. The author also compares these descriptions with the origin of the theory of laissez faire and other modern economic thought.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Introduction: Economic Conditions under Louis XIV

I. The Time Produces the Man

II. Schoolmaster to the Controller General

III. Defeat

IV. Writings and Style

V. The Taille

VI. Affaires extraordinaires; The Aides and Duanes

VII. The Political Situation; On Colbert

VIII. Boisguilbert's Proposals for Reform

IX. Social Philosophy: A Precursor of the Socialists

X. Theory of Economic Fluctuation

XI. On Money and Credit

XII. On Value and Price

XIII. On the Rent of Land

XIV. The Relation of Boisguilbert's Concept of Economic Equilibrium to Static Theory

XV. Laissez Faire

XVI. The Prototype of The Wealth of Nations

XVII. The Prototype of The Wealth of Nations: External Evidence

Appendix: Criticism of Oncken's History of the Origin of the Maxim "Laissez Faire"

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231879033

0231879032

OCLC:

1100429925