Thinkers who laid the foundations of economics before and during the classical era, from the Chinese statesman Guan Zhong and the French physiocrats to Adam Smith, Malthus and Say. An economist belongs here when the cited article places the person among early, mercantile, physiocratic or classical writers on wealth, trade and population. The group brings together the entries filed under the heading Classical and Pre-Classical Political Economists, so a reader can compare them and move from one to another within the same part of the economic field.
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Adam Smith
B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
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Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
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François Quesnay
B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
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Guan Zhong
B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
Jean-Baptiste Say
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Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi
B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
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Guan Zhong (Wikipedia)
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He served as chancellor and was a reformer of the State of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history.
Adam Smith (Wikipedia)
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Adam Smith (baptised 16 June [O.S. 5 June] 1723-17 July 1790) was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the field of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment.
François Quesnay (Wikipedia)
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François Quesnay (; French: [fʁɑ̃swa kɛnɛ]; 4 June 1694-16 December 1774) was a French economist and physician of the Physiocratic school.
Jean-Baptiste Say (Wikipedia)
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Jean-Baptiste Say (French: [ʒɑ̃batist sɛ]; 5 January 1767-15 November 1832) was a liberal French economist and businessman who argued in favor of competition, free trade, and lifting restraints on business.
Wikipedia: Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
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Sometimes considered a physiocrat, he is today best remembered as an early advocate for economic liberalism.
Johann Heinrich Gottlob Justi (Wikipedia)
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Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi (28 December 1717-21 July 1771) was one of the leading German political economists and a cameralists in the 18th century.
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