Richard Cantillon - economist, financier, entrepreneur (1680-1734)
The First Economist
Richard Cantillon was an influential Irish-French economist and entrepreneur best known for his pioneering work, Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en Général (Essay on the Nature of Trade in General), written around 1730 and published posthumously in 1755. His contributions laid the foundation for modern economics, particularly in the fields of value theo…
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