Abstract
The introductory outline presented Pierre le Pesant, Sieur de Boisguilbert, as the most interesting author in a group of economists who worked in France in the last years of the seventeenth century and the first decades of the eighteenth. Vauban, John Law, a Scotsman, and Boisguilbert investigated the French economy at the turn of the century to discover solutions to its many economic problems.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Notes on further reading
Boisguilbert’s works is Pierre de Boisguilbert ou la naissance de l’économie politique, 2 vols, edited by J. Hecht (Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques, Paris, 1966).
G. Faccarello, Aux origines de l’économie politique libérale: Pierre de Boisguilbert (Anthropos, Paris, 1986)
Edgard Faure, La banqueroute de Law (Gallimard, Paris, 1970).
Antoin Murphy, John Law: Economic Theorist and Policy-Maker (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 2003 Gianni Vaggi and Peter Groenewegen
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Vaggi, G., Groenewegen, P. (2003). Pierre le Pesant Sieur de Boisguilbert, 1646–1714: France at the turn of the century. In: A Concise History of Economic Thought. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230505803_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230505803_5
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-4039-8739-6
Online ISBN: 978-0-230-50580-3
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance CollectionEconomics and Finance (R0)