Commerce and Government Considered in Their Mutual Relationship

by Étienne Bonnot de Condillac

Book Overview

French philosopher Abb de Condillac produced perhaps the most original contributions to eighteenth-century economics. His conclusions as to the desirability of removing barriers to free trade and of competitive market economies mirrored Smith's, published three months later.

Commerce and Government has been called "one of the most sustained defenses of economic liberty in the eighteenth century." In Condillac's own words,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865977038
• ISBN13: 9780865977037
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5