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England's Treasure by Foreign Trade

Representative Mercantilist Text, published 1664

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England's Treasure by Foreign Trade, written by the English merchant Thomas Mun in the 1620s and published posthumously in 1664, is historians' most commonly cited representative statement of mercantilist trade theory, arguing that a country grows wealthy by exporting more than it imports and accumulating the resulting gold and silver.

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Author
Thomas Mun
Publication Year
1664
Source Type
primary-text
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Claims Backed By This Source (7 claims)

This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
  • Schools of Thought, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.

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