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Colbertism is a term used to describe the economic policies associated with the French statesman, Jean-Baptiste Colbert; and sometimes, confusingly, as a synonym for mercantilist policies in general.
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Coleman, D.C. (2018). Colbertism. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_318
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