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‘Something wonderful and incomprehensible in their œconomy’: The English versions of Richard Cantillon's Essay on the Nature of Trade in General

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Until at least the 1750s, a number of drafts survived of Richard Cantillon's Essay on the Nature of Trade in General , in different stages of completion. This is suggested by a paragraph-by-paragraph comparison between three versions of Cantillon's writings, namely the French Essai of 1755, fragments of Postlethwayt's Universal Dictionary (1752--1754) and Philip Cantillon's Analysis of Trade (1759). Whilst numerous variations between the texts may be attributed to free translation practice or to interventions by later editors, others cannot. A comparative study of variations may provide us with insights into the development of the ideas of this masterly economic theorist.

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  • Richard van den Berg, 2012. "‘Something wonderful and incomprehensible in their œconomy’: The English versions of Richard Cantillon's Essay on the Nature of Trade in General," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(6), pages 868-907, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eujhet:v:19:y:2012:i:6:p:868-907
    DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2012.735683
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