Controversies About the Nature of Commerce Amongst Pioneer English Mercantilists
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2003.
Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : The analysis of the treatises of commerce published during the first seventeenth century shows the theoretical and practical importance of the discourses about trade in a crucial moment of economic history. When the development of international trade increases their power, merchants, who want to legitimate their activity, consider commercial practices from a social and political point of view, with philosophical and moral arguments. Nevertheless, these treatises don’t show the interest of a homogeneous class, but the divergent interests of their authors.
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The analysis of the treatises of commerce published during the first seventeenth century shows the theoretical and practical importance of the discourses about trade in a crucial moment of economic history. When the development of international trade increases their power, merchants, who want to legitimate their activity, consider commercial practices from a social and political point of view, with philosophical and moral arguments. Nevertheless, these treatises don’t show the interest of a homogeneous class, but the divergent interests of their authors.
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