Mercantilism

Why it’s on the list: Heckscher’s two-volume study of the mercantile system — the state-building, protectionist economics that classical liberalism was written against.

Where I saw it: Recommended by @BevansAdvocate on X, October 9, 2025 — a short list of economic-history reading. https://x.com/bevansadvocate/status/1976242259797455325

Note on the record: Originally published in Swedish in 1931; the English edition Kyle would read dates to 1935.

Connections

• Economic History — the field.
• Capitalism — what mercantilism preceded.