Mercantilists

Mercantilists saw free markets as a useful tool in economics, but not the sum total of economic wisdom.

Ian Fletcher: In Praise of Mercantilism, or Why Economic History Isn't Boring Ian Fletcher 2011

They should have their own answers about what to do about recession and unemployment, to offer as an alternative the easy-money proposals of the Mercantilists.

If The Gold Standard Is So Great, Why Aren't We On One Now? 2011

Mercantilists invented many economic concepts still in use today, such as the balance of payments, value added, and the embodied labor content of imports and exports.

Ian Fletcher: In Praise of Mercantilism, or Why Economic History Isn't Boring Ian Fletcher 2011

Mercantilists saw free markets as a useful tool in economics, but not the sum total of economic wisdom.

Ian Fletcher: In Praise of Mercantilism, or Why Economic History Isn't Boring Ian Fletcher 2011

The Mercantilists are focusing on the nominal world, and the Classicals are focusing on the real world.

If The Gold Standard Is So Great, Why Aren't We On One Now? 2011

Mercantilists invented many economic concepts still in use today, such as the balance of payments, value added, and the embodied labor content of imports and exports.

Ian Fletcher: In Praise of Mercantilism, or Why Economic History Isn't Boring Ian Fletcher 2011

Mercantilists don't see currency instability and monetary fiddling as problems; they see them as solutions.

If The Gold Standard Is So Great, Why Aren't We On One Now? 2011

Mercantilists believe that subsidies help the subsidizer and hurt everyone else.

How Capitalism Will Keep a Nation Hungry « Lean Left 2007

There are Greens, who want to slow growth because it is dirty and wasteful, and Mercantilists, who want to manage trade because they say that business executives and consumers cannot be trusted.

Economic Principals David Warsh 1993

Mercantilists were conscious that their policy, as Professor

The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money 2003