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Mercantilism

In Our Time

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Thomas Moon and Josiah Child on Mechanism

Two of the leading English writers on mechanism in the 17th century Thomas Moon and Josiah Child, what points were they making? Helen. They were both merchants and they were trying to support the East India Company about which we've been hearing quite a lot because... Support them in such a way, in which way. Back to the bullionists. There's my children, girls, I could. So that's all fine and conveniently it then backs up the East India Companies. What Mon also does is he starts to develop other ideas like how to set prices. If you have monopoly power, maybe you should rack up prices but if you are trying to sell English made goods and there's

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