Mercantilism
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Mercantilism
| Author | Eli F. Heckscher |
|---|---|
| Published | 1935 |
| Pages | 472 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Eli Heckscher’s two-volume study of the mercantile system — the state-building, protectionist economics that classical liberalism was written against. |
Where I heard about it
- @BevansAdvocate — on a short list of economic-history reading on X, October 2025.
About this edition
Originally published in Swedish in 1931; the English edition dates to 1935.
Connections
- Economic History — the field.
- Capitalism — what mercantilism preceded.
- Cognitive Mercantilism (Venkatesh Rao) — Venkatesh Rao maps mercantilism’s four beliefs onto today’s AI anxiety.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.