… From 【Merchant】…The representative proponent of this was Thomas Mann (1571-1641) of England. In his book, The Treasure of England by Foreign Trade (published in 1664), he wrote, “Foreign trade is a great revenue to the king, an honor to our kingdom, a good profession to our merchants, a provider of work to our poor, a developer of our soil, and a school for our sailors.” In France, too, protectionist trade policies were promoted under Colbert (1619-83). … From [Man]…British mercantilist. An executive of the British East India Company. In response to criticism of the company's large-scale exports of silver, he wrote The Treasure of England by Foreign Trade (1664), arguing that the company was actually contributing to improving Britain's balance of payments by re-exporting East India goods that it imported to other countries. This marked the beginning of the development of mercantilist theory, which focuses on the balance of payments as a whole, rather than on the difference between individual transactions. *The following is a portion of the glossary that refers to "England's Treasures from Foreign Trade." Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
… 【商人】より…その代表的論者がイギリスのトーマス・マン(1571‐1641)である。彼は著書《外国貿易によるイングランドの財宝》(1664刊)において〈外国貿易は国王の偉大な歳入であり,わが王国の栄誉であり,貿易商人のりっぱな職業であり,わが国の貧民の仕事の供与者であり,わが国土の開発者であり,わが国の水夫の養成所である〉と述べている。フランスでもコルベール(1619‐83)のもとで保護貿易政策が推進された。… 【マン】より…イギリスの重商主義理論家。イギリス東インド会社の重役で,同社が銀を大量に輸出することに対する批判にこたえて,《外国貿易によるイングランドの財宝》(1664)を著し,輸入された東インド物産が他国に再輸出されることで,同社がむしろイギリスの国際収支の改善に貢献していると主張。個別取引の差額を問題にする立場から全体としての収支を考える〈貿易差額〉論への重商主義理論の展開の契機となった。… ※「《外国貿易によるイングランドの財宝》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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