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Mably and the liberalisation of the grain trade: An economically and socially inefficient policy

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Mably wrote Du Commerce des grains in 1775, in which he exposed his hostility against the liberalisation of grain trade as well as Physiocracy. During the Guerre des Farines , he denounced the economic and social inefficiency of such a policy. According to Mably, justifying free trade as a means of compensation for insufficient demand was a "non-sense". The mistake committed by Physiocrats was that of envisaging the possibility of pursuing a supply policy without taking into account the divergent interests of economic actors, in particular those of the owners and the non-owners.

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  • Julie Ferrand, 2013. "Mably and the liberalisation of the grain trade: An economically and socially inefficient policy," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(6), pages 882-905, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eujhet:v:20:y:2013:i:6:p:882-905
    DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2013.852602
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    1. Galiani, Ferdinando, 1768. "Dialogues sur le commerce des bleds," History of Economic Thought Books, McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought, number galiani1768.
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    1. Christopher Hamel, 2019. "Diderot contre la physiocratie : une critique républicaine ?," Post-Print hal-02423781, HAL.

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