Foreign Trade and the National Economy : Mercantilist and Classical Perspectives

Front Matter....Pages i-viii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Age of Mercantilism....Pages 3-37 Mercantilist Thought on Foreign Trade....Pages 38-93 The Decline of Mercantilist Trade Doctrines....Pages 94-125 Front Matter....Pages 127-127 Classical Trade Theory....Pages 129-170 The Economists, the Corn Laws and Commercial Policy....Pages 171-219 Gold, Money and Trade....Pages 220-253 Free Trade and the National Economists....Pages 254-277 Back Matter....Pages 278-323 Covering the period from the mercantilists to the classical political economists and their critics, this book is a study of the history of thought as it relates to international trade theory and policy. The author deals comprehensively with doctrines on international economic relations during a crucial period which saw the emergence and establishment of political economy as a distinct branch of the social sciences