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"Wealth does not consist in money, but in the abundance of all things necessary and agreeable to life; and it is only to obtain these that money is sought."

— Le Pesant de Boisguilbert, Pierre event 1695

menu_book Le Détail de la France

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"Every act of coercion that creates obstacles to exchange is a destroyer of wealth."

— Salin, Pascal event 2000

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Le Détail de la France

person Le Pesant de Boisguilbert, Pierre event 1695

Boisguilbert's landmark diagnosis of French economic decline, arguing that ruinous taxation and mercantilist interference had strangled commerce an...

history Early Economics work Political Economy payments Taxation import_export Free Trade

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

person Smith, Adam event 1776

Foundational work of modern economics examining the mechanisms of free markets, division of labor, and the role of self-interest in creating prospe...

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Bastiat, Frédéric

event 1801 - 1850

French economist, writer and prominent member of the French liberal school

school French Liberal School import_export Free Trade error_outline Economic Sophisms flag Liberty

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Le Pesant de Boisguilbert, Pierre

event 1646 - 1714

French jurist and economist who exposed the ruin wrought by Colbertist taxation and mercantilist controls, arguing that wealth flows from free prod...