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Mercantilism
Mercantilism was an economic doctrine dominant in early modern Europe, holding that national wealth depended on accumulating bullion and maintaining a favourable balance of trade. It encouraged state-sponsored trading companies, colonies and tariffs. In the French Empire it was associated above all with Jean-Baptiste Colbert, minister of Louis XIV.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mercantilism. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mercantilism
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