Physiocracy and Free Trade in 18th-Century France: Strategy and Influence

02/03/2011 Murray N. Rothbard

It is theoretically conceivable but scarcely likely that the ruling class will rush to embrace a philosophy and a political economy that will end their power and put them, in effect, out of business, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).

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