French Mercantilism . Arguably the most influential proponent of mercantilism, French Controller General of Finance Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683) studied foreign-trade economic theories.

The Key Elements of Mercantilism. The famous Swedish economic historian, Eli Heckscher, in his classic study, Mercantilism(1935), summarized the elements of the Mercantilist system of economic ...

Samuel Gregg clearly lays out the illogic at the center of the mercantilist worldview, and then provides the cure to that illogic, as propounded by Adam Smith in Book IV of The Wealth of Nations.

Economy, Americas Trump’s 2nd term sees mercantilism make a comeback Protectionist trade policies, tariffs, encouraging domestic production and discouraging imports, retaliatory policies ...

Mercantilism is an economic policy that favors exports to increase a country's wealth. Read about the effects of British mercantilism on its American colonies. ... The French, Spanish, ...

MERCANTILISM is one of the great whipping boys in the history of economics. ... In 1598 Barthélemy de Laffemas, a French thinker, denounced those who opposed the use of expensive silks.

The French president managed to get his colleagues to agree to an amendment of Article 2 of the old Constitutional Treaty, which said: ... the re-emergence of European mercantilism.

Mercantilism is an economic policy designed to increase a nation's wealth through exports. It thrived in Great Britain between the 16th and 18th centuries. ... The French, Spanish, ...