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Adam Smith : The Demise of the Colonial Relationship with America

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[fre] avoir exposé position sur conduite guerre d'indépendance, l'article se divise en trois parties. Dans la première, nous rendons compte de la position de Smith à propos des relations commerciales existant entre la Grande-Bretagne et ses colonies américaines. On montre que, selon Smith, ces relations ont été mutuellement profitables, tant du point de vue économique que du point de vue militaire, parce qu'elles ont mis en place un système de marchés complémentaires. . Cependant la seconde partie montre que Smith insiste sur le fait que cette politique commerciale est fondamentale viciée, dans la mesure où le rapide taux de croissance en Amérique risque d'être freiné par les contraintes qui lui sont imposées. Selon Smith, cette stratégie commerciale est également viciée dans la mesure où le taux de croissance de la Grande-Bretagne est aussi affecté par les relations avec l'Amérique. La dernière section de l'argumentaire étudie la solution qui avait la préférence de Smith : une union organique, qui aurait éventuellement été accompagnée par un transfert du pouvoir économique et politique à Philadelphie. [eng] Having offered some account of Smith's assessment of the conduct of the War of Independence, the paper is divided into three main parts. In Part I we consider Smith's account of the mercantile relationship which existed between Great Britain and her American Colonies. This relationship is shown to have conferred major benefits on both parties, économie and military, through providing a system of complementary markets. . But in Part II Smith is seen to have concentrated on the point that the mercantile policy which he described was fundamentally flawed ; flawed in that the rapid rate of growth in America would eventually confront the restraints currently imposed upon her. The strategy was also flawed, on Smith's account, in the Great Britain's rate of growth had been adversely affected by the link with America. The last section of the argument is concerned with Smith's preferred solution : an incorporating union which would eventually see the transfer of economic and political power to Philadelphia.

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  • Andrew S. Skinner, 1996. "Adam Smith : The Demise of the Colonial Relationship with America," Cahiers d'Économie Politique, Programme National Persée, vol. 27(1), pages 113-130.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:caecpo:cep_0154-8344_1996_num_27_1_1198
    DOI: 10.3406/cep.1996.1198
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