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3.3- Resistance to Reform

Revolutions

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Physiocracy

  • Physiocracy is an economic theory between mercantilism and classical liberalism.
  • It posits that a nation's wealth is rooted exclusively in land and agricultural labor, not gold or trade balances.
  • While prioritizing agriculture, physiocrats also believed in free markets for manufacturing and trade, opposing guilds, internal customs barriers, and indirect taxes.
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