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| Author: | Clement, A. |
| Title: | English and French mercantilist thought and the matter of colonies during the 17th century |
| Journal: | Scandinavian economic history review
2006 : VOL. 54:3, p. 291-323 |
| Index terms: | colonialism economic history France United Kingdom |
| Freeterms: | mercantilism |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Monetary enrichment was among the hottest topics in mercantilist writings of France and England in the 17th century. How might wealth best be increased in a world that, until the close of this period, was to remain largely without the concept of the market? Colonies came to be seen as a means of increasing the home nation's wealth given the right political and economic conditions. The economists of the day enquired into whether colonies could enrich the nation, and if so, how they might best contribute to this. Three views on this formed over the course of the period. |
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