• (n.) One of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order.
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One of a school of French thinkers who developed a system of economics prior to Adam Smith and the foundation of modern economics. Founded by François Quesnay, they believed that all wealth derived from the land and that commerce and industry were sterile. They advocated both free trade and taxing only the land.
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any of a school of economists founded in 18th-century France and characterized chiefly by a belief that government policy should not interfere with ... [11 related articles]
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Member of a school of 18th-century French economists, including François Quesnay (1694-1774) and Mirabeau, who believed in the bounty of nature and the inherent goodness of man. They held that...
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Phys'i·o·crat noun [ Greek
fy`sis nature + ... to rule.] One of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order.
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Phys`i*o*crat'ic adjective ...
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physiocrat 1. An advocate (especially French, 18th-century) of physiocracy. 2. One of a school of political economists founded by François Quesnay in France in the 18th century. They maintained that society should be governed according to an inherent natural order, that the soil is the sole source of wealth and the only proper object of taxation,...
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Member of a school of 18th-century French economists, including François Quesnay (1694–1774) and Mirabeau, who believed in the bounty of nature and the inherent goodness of humankind. They held that governments should intervene in society only where individuals' liberties were infringed. Otherwise there should be a
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