The Physiocrats and the World of the Enlightenment

by Liana Vardi

Book Overview

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 originated in late eighteenth-century France, is therefore widely considered a forerunner of modern economic theory. The Physiocrats and the World of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107021197
• ISBN13: 9781107021198
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"