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• Mercantilismul – aspectul economic al absolutismului
• Diverse:
– confuzia bani=bogăție;
– problema bunurilor de lux
Referințe bibliografice
• Eli F. Heckscher, Mercantilism, George Allen & Unwin,
London, 1934 [1931]
• Douglas A. Irwin, Against the Tide . An Intellectual
History of Free Trade, Princeton University Press, 1996,
cap. 2)
• Murray N. Rothbard, An Austrian Perspective on the
History of Economic Thought (vol. I, ”Economic
Thought Before Adam Smith”), The Ludwig von Mises
Institute, 2006, cap. 7-11.
• Michael A. Heilperin, Studies in Economic Nationalism,
The Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2010, cap. IV.
Mercantilismul – aspectul economic al
absolutismului
• ” Mercantilism is the name given by late nineteenth
century historians to the politico-economic system of
the absolute state from approximately the sixteenth to
the eighteenth centuries. Mercantilism has been called
by various historians or observers a system of Power or
State-building (Eli Heckscher), a system of systematic
state privilege , particularly in restricting imports or
subsidizing exports (Adam Smith), or a faulty set of
economic theories , including protectionism and the
alleged necessity for piling up bullion in a country . In
fact, mercantilism was all these things; it was a
comprehensive system of state-building, state
priviledge, and what might be called state-monopoly
capitalism.” (Rothbard)
Mercantilismul – aspectul economic al
absolutismului
• Sistem de construire a statului / state-building
(chiar, incipient, național)
– Oferta își creează propria cerere (“supply creates its own demand”)
– Propusă și vehiculată de John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) (și, anterior, de
Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834))