Political Economy

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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

history Early Economics import_export Free Trade currency_exchange Monetary Theory work Political Economy

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Capitalism and Freedom

person Friedman, Milton event 1962

A seminal work arguing that economic freedom is a prerequisite for political freedom, exploring the role of capitalism in a free society

swap_horiz Capitalism air Freedom trending_up Free Market work Political Economy

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

A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism: Economics, Politics, and Ethics

person Hoppe, Hans-Hermann event 1989

Systematic comparison of capitalism and socialism, examining the economic and ethical foundations of different property systems and their consequen...

work Political Economy account_balance Socialism swap_horiz Capitalism key Property Rights

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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...

history Early Economics import_export Free Trade payments Taxation work Political Economy school French Liberal School

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