'Mercantilist system' presentation slideshows

Presented by Arjun Ghosh

The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation By Daron Acemoglu , Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson, 2001. Presented by Arjun Ghosh. Introduction. Question : What causes large income per capita differences across countries ?

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Chapter 2 The Constitution

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The American Revolution

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Expanding Horizons

1400-1750. Expanding Horizons. The Commercial Revolution By the 1600s the nation had replaced the city as the basic economic unit in Europe; this change is known as the Commercial Revolution Governments and rich merchants alone had enough money to finance trading voyages.

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Capitalism

Capitalism. Adam Smith (1723-1790). Appointed to the chair of logic in 1751 at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. In 1752 he transferred to the chair of philosophy. On his travels to France, he was influenced by the writings of the physiocrats.

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