VI. Affaires extraordinaires; The Aides and Duanes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents XI
4. Introduction: Economic Conditions under Louis XIV 1
5. I. The Time Produces the Man 11
6. II. Schoolmaster to the Controller General 31
7. III. Defeat 68
8. IV. Writings and Style 96
9. V. The Taille 106
10. VI. Affaires extraordinaires; The Aides and Duanes 119
11. VII. The Political Situation; On Colbert 136
12. VIII. Boisguilbert’s Proposals for Reform 148
13. IX. Social Philosophy: A Precursor of the Socialists 165
14. X. Theory of Economic Fluctuation 189
15. XI. On Money and Credit 208
16. XII. On Value and Price 223
17. XIII. On the Rent of Land 230
18. XIV. The Relation of Boisguilbert’s Concept of Economic Equilibrium to Static Theory 240
19. XV. Laissez Faire 249
20. XVI. The Prototype of The Wealth of Nations 273
21. XVII. The Prototype of The Wealth of Nations: External Evidence 321
22. Appendix: Criticism of Oncken’s History of the Origin of the Maxim “Laissez Faire” 337
23. Bibliography 361
24. Index 371