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Smith, Adam
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...Adam Smith, 1723–90, Scottish economist, educated at Glasgow and Oxford...published in 1776. In that work, Smith postulated the theory of the division...times oppose the public interest. Smith was opposed to monopolies and the......
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Gournay, Vincent de
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...Vincent de Gournay (văNsäN´ də gōōrnā´), 1712–59, French economist, precursor of the physiocrats and of Adam Smith. A wealthy merchant, he was in government service as intendant of commerce from 1751 to 1758. He......
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economics
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......Mercantilism, the Physiocrats, and Adam SmithIn the transition to modern...the 18th cent., however, was Adam Smith's An Inquiry into the Nature...science." The most important economist to follow Smith was David Ricardo. His analysis......
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Ricardo, David
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......Ricardo, 1772–1823, British economist, of Dutch-Jewish parentage...topics, and in 1799, after reading Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, began...breadth of knowledge that characterized Adam Smith's work, Ricardo was an enormously......
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Say, Jean Baptiste
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......sā), 1767–1832, French economist. In A Treatise on Political Economy...and popularized the theories of Adam Smith. Say also developed a noted theory...Say, 1826–96, was also an economist. As minister of finance under......
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Beccaria, Cesare Bonesana, marchese di
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......dē bĕk-kärē´ä), 1738–94, Italian criminologist, economist, and jurist, b. Milan. Although of...problems, and anticipating the wage and labor theories of Adam Smith. Much of this work appears in Elementi di economia publica......
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consumption
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......satisfaction, assuming primary importance. The foremost economist associated with the subjective view was Jeremy Bentham...of consumption is central to any system of economics; Adam Smith made it the sole end of production. Production, the......
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Gioia, Melchiorre
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......both: mālkyôr´rā jō´yä), 1767–1829, Italian economist and political theorist. An early advocate of the...with the Carbonari movement. He opposed the doctrines of Adam Smith, insisting on the economic duty of the state. He also......
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Quesnay, François
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......François Quesnay (fräNswä´ kĕnā´), 1694–1774, French economist, founder of the physiocratic school. A physician...the other physiocrats greatly influenced the thought of Adam Smith. Quesnay's works have been collected in Œuvres économiques......
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Sismondi, Jean Charles Léonard Simonde de
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......sēmôNd´ də sēsmôNdē´), 1773–1842, Swiss historian, economist, and critic. A member of the circle of...Sismondi popularized the laissez-faire economics of Adam Smith in his De la richesse commerciale (1802). However......