In Search of Economic Order: French Predecessors of Adam Smith

摘要: The field of eighteenth century economic thought is far more fertile than commonly believed. Even before Adam Smith’s monumental contribution in the last quarter century, peak performances analysis had emerged France (Boisguilbert, Vauban, Cantillon, Quesnay, Turgot), Italy (Galiani, Verri, Beccaria), Germany (Justi, Sonnenfels), and Spain (Campomanes, Jovellanos). A complete investigation these other contributions would convince even most reluctant skeptic that economics was anything but a product exclusively British manufacture.