Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727-1781) was a French economist and statesman who served as Controller-General of Finances under Louis XVI from 1774 to 1776. An early advocate of economic liberalism sometimes counted among the physiocrats, he is thought to have been among the first writers to state the law of diminishing marginal returns in agriculture. As intendant of Limoges from 1761 and later as a royal minister he pursued free trade in grain and fiscal austerity under the principle of no bankruptcy, no increase of taxation and no borrowing, and proposed the Six Edicts of 1776 abolishing guild monopolies and feudal labor obligations. Opposition from the nobility, the clergy and the royal court led to his dismissal in May 1776.
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Wikipedia's own infobox names Physiocrats as Turgot's school or tradition; he met physiocratic leaders including Quesnay and Vincent de Gournay, though his own theories diverged from strict physiocratic doctrine on taxation.
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Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne (English: toor-GOH; French: [an ʁɔbɛʁ ʒak tyʁɡo]; 10 May 1727 – 18 March 1781), commonly known as Turgot, was a French economist and statesman.
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Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne (English: toor-GOH; French: [an ʁɔbɛʁ ʒak tyʁɡo]; 10 May 1727-18 March 1781), commonly known as Turgot, was a French economist and statesman.
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(1727-05-10)10 May 1727 Paris, France
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18 March 1781(1781-03-18) (aged 53) Paris, France
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Sometimes considered a physiocrat, he is today best remembered as an early advocate for economic liberalism.
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School or tradition: Physiocrats
Influenced By: François Quesnay, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Early life and Limoges sections
He was already deeply imbued with the theories of Quesnay and Gournay, and set to work to apply them as far as possible in his province.
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