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François Quesnay (French: [fʁɑ̃swa kɛnɛ]; 4 June 1694 – 16 December 1774) was a French economist and physician of the Physiocratic school. He is known for publishing the "Tableau économique" (Economic Table) in 1758, which provided the foundations of the ideas of the Physiocrats.
- 16 December 1774 (aged 80), Versailles
Apr 2, 2024 · François Quesnay (born June 4, 1694, near Paris, France—died December 16, 1774, Versailles) was a French economist and intellectual leader of the physiocrats, the first systematic school of political economy. Quesnay served as the consulting physician to King Louis XV at Versailles.
1694-1774. F rançois Quesnay was the leading figure of the Physiocrats, generally considered to be the first school of economic thinking. The name “Physiocrat” derives from the Greek words phýsis, meaning “nature,” and kràtos, meaning “power.”. The Physiocrats believed that an economy’s power derived from its agricultural sector.
François Quesnay (June 4, 1694 – December 16, 1774) was a French economist, founder of the Physiocratic school. He also practiced surgery, serving as surgeon to King Louis XV and his mistress, Madame de Pompadour. Quesnay, in opposition to the then-dominant mercantilist position, advocated a laissez-faire policy against government ...
May 29, 2018 · François Quesnay (1694-1774), the founder of the economic system that eventually came to be called the physiocratic system, was born in the village of Méré, not far from Versailles. His father, a country lawyer, earned a very small income.
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François Quesnay, engraving by J.G. Wille after a portrait by J. Chevallier. physiocrat, any of a school of economists founded in 18th-century France and characterized chiefly by a belief that government policy should not interfere with the operation of natural economic laws and that land is the source of all wealth.
F rançois Quesnay was the leading figure of the Physiocrats, generally considered to be the first school of economic thinking. The name "Physiocrat" derives from the Greek words physis, meaning nature, and kràtos, meaning power. The Physiocrats believed that an economy's power derived from its agricultural sector.
