The physiocrats and the world of the Enlightenment /

The Physiocrats believed that wealth came exclusively from the land, that nature was fecund and man could harness its reproductive forces. Capital investments in agriculture and hard work would create profits that circulated to other sectors and supported all social institutions. Physiocracy, which...

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Main Author:	Vardi, Liana
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:	Physiocrats. Economics. Enlightenment. HISTORY / Europe / General.
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