Cantillon, Quesnay, and the Tableau Economique

Anthony Brewer

Bristol Economics Discussion Papers from School of Economics, University of Bristol, UK

Abstract: Schumpeter argued, long ago, that Quesnay's tableau economique was based on Cantillon, but this claim has never been spelled out in detail and seems not to have been generally accepted, since many writers still write of the tableau economique as though it were Quesnay's alone. This paper examines the relation between Cantillon and Quesnay in more detail than before and argues (a) that the relation between Cantillon's analysis of circulation and Quesnay's tableau is too close to be a coincidence, but (b) that the use Quesnay put it to is quite different from its role in Cantillon's system.

Keywords: Cantillon; Quesnay; Tableau Economique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2005-10
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