Adam Smith:
The Principle of the Mercantile System, 1776

Adam Smith:
The Principle of the Mercantile System, 1776

Modern History

This source is helpful as it provides evidence that the economy was going through various changes and this source in particular, discusses about the Mercantile System. This economic theory and practice was dominant in modernized parts of Europe during the 16th to the 18th century, that promoted governmental regulation of a nation's economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers.

http://legacy.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1776asmith-mercsys.asp

London Press

1776

Anvitha Bollarpanda

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