Tableau Economique, published in 1758, is the founding text of Physiocracy and is generally credited as the first systematic model in the history of economic thought. Francois Quesnay set out a diagram tracing how income flows in a circular pattern between landowners, farmers and merchants, arguing that agriculture alone produces a true net surplus of value while manufacturing and commerce merely transform value created elsewhere.
Facts
AuthorFrancois Quesnay
Publication Year1758
Source Typeprimary-text
Sources
Tableau Economique
Francois Quesnay, 1758
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
- Schools of Thought, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Economists, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
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