Boisguilbert, Pierre le Pesant, sieur de
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Pierre le Pesant, sieur (lord) de Boisguilbert (1646-1714), a French economist and precursor of the Physiocrats who advocated for economic and fiscal reforms in France during the reign of Louis XIV. He argued that the true source of national wealth was not money, but agriculture. A key idea of Physiocracy was that agriculture, and more generally the extractive sectors (e.g., grasslands, pastures, forests, mines, and fisheries), were the basis of economic production. The ideas of the Physiocrats lay the foundation for Adam Smith and the development of classical economics.
Further Reading
[1] Christensen, P. P., 2003. Epicurean and Stoic Sources for Boisguilbert's Physiological and Hippocratic Vision of Nature and Economics. History of Political Economy, 35:101-128.
[2] Groenewegen, P., 2000. Boisguilbert’s Theory of Money, Circular Flow, Effective
Demand and Distribution of Wealth. History of Economics Review, 31:33-43.
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Tom Lawrence (Topic Editor) "Boisguilbert, Pierre le Pesant, sieur de". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 28, 2006; Last revised Date August 28, 2006; Retrieved May 26, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Boisguilbert,_Pierre_le_Pesant,_sieur_de>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
Pierre le Pesant, sieur (lord) de Boisguilbert (1646-1714), a French economist and precursor of the Physiocrats who advocated for economic and fiscal reforms in France during the reign of Louis XIV. He argued that the true source of national wealth was not money, but agriculture. A key idea of Physiocracy was that agriculture, and more generally the extractive sectors (e.g., grasslands, pastures, forests, mines, and fisheries), were the basis of economic production. The ideas of the Physiocrats lay the foundation for Adam Smith and the development of classical economics.
Further Reading
[1] Christensen, P. P., 2003. Epicurean and Stoic Sources for Boisguilbert's Physiological and Hippocratic Vision of Nature and Economics. History of Political Economy, 35:101-128.
[2] Groenewegen, P., 2000. Boisguilbert’s Theory of Money, Circular Flow, Effective
Demand and Distribution of Wealth. History of Economics Review, 31:33-43.
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