26 Questions
Which economic policy seeks to maximize exports and minimize imports for an economy?
Mercantilism
Which of the following is a characteristic of mercantilism?
Government regulation
During which time period was mercantilism dominant in Europe?
15th to 18th centuries
Who is considered to have written one of the first treatises on political economy with his 1613 work, A Short Treatise on the Wealth and Poverty of Nations?
Antonio Serra
Which country began the first large-scale and integrative approach to mercantilism during the Elizabethan Era (1558–1603)?
England
Who first articulated the Elizabethan system of mercantilism in England?
Thomas Mun
Who is credited with best articulating French mercantilism in the 17th century?
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Which country became the financial center of Europe by being its most efficient trader and had little interest in seeing trade restricted?
Netherlands
Which country had perhaps the most rigidly controlled economy in Europe under Frederick the Great?
Prussia
Which country's heavily protected industries led to famines as much of its agricultural land was required to be used for sheep instead of grain?
Spain
Which country attempted to pursue mercantilism but had little success due to its lack of a large merchant class or an industrial base?
Russia
Which country experienced significant economic growth under Jean-Baptiste Colbert's mercantilist policies?
France
What were some of the key features of French mercantilism under Colbert?
All of the above
Which country remained supreme in terms of trading power despite Colbert's efforts?
The Dutch Republic
What was the goal of British mercantilism with respect to its colonies?
To increase political power and private wealth
Which term did Adam Smith use to criticize the economic system of mercantilism?
Mercantilism
What was the goal of the medieval scholastic theorists in Europe?
To find an economic system compatible with Christian doctrines
Who benefited greatly from the enforced monopolies and bans on foreign competition under mercantilism?
Merchants
What economic ideology dominated for 250 years before being criticized by Adam Smith and David Ricardo?
Mercantilism
Who wrote the Principles of Political Economy, a major mercantilist work published in 1767?
James Steuart
Which country produced noted writers of mercantilist themes including Giovanni Botero and Antonio Serra?
Italy
Who are noted for their viewpoints on a wide range of economic matters beyond mercantilism as a way of understanding the wealth and power of nations?
Mun and Misselden
Who detailed a nine-point program of what he deemed effective national economy in his Austria Over All, If She Only Will of 1684, which comprehensively sums up the tenets of mercantilism?
Philipp Wilhelm von Hornick
According to the text, which of the following best describes mercantilism?
A period of worldwide development of European commerce
Who were the founding fathers of anti-mercantilist thought, according to the text?
Adam Smith, David Hume, Edward Gibbon, Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
According to the text, what did John Locke argue in 1690?
Prices vary in proportion to the quantity of money
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