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Quesnay's Theory of Taxation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2009

Steven Pressman
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François Quesnay and the Physiocrats are probably best remembered for three things: the Tableau Economique, their view that only agriculture was productive, and for advocating a single tax on landowners. Over the years, attention has focused on the first two doctrines. Numerous studies of the Tableau have attempted to explain how it operates (Eagly 1974; Eltis 1975; Meek 1963; Pressman 1994; Woog 1950). Adam Smith's (1937, p. 638 f.) critique of the assumption that manufacturing is sterile is well-known. In contrast, there have been few analyses of the single tax proposal. Previous studies have either reported the views of Quesnay and the Physiocrats on taxation (Einaudi 1967) or compared the tax policies of Quesnay to other economists (Buurman 1991).

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Journal of the History of Economic Thought , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , Spring 1994 , pp. 86 - 105
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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