Note 112 — Chapter I · : THE PHYSIOCRATS

Very little seems to have been known about Cantillon for more than a century after his death. But, like all the rediscovered founders of the science, he has received considerable attention for some years past. His influence upon the Physiocrats has perhaps been exaggerated. Mirabeau’s earliest book, L’Ami des Hommes, which appeared just twelve months after Cantillon’s work, is undoubtedly inspired by Cantillon. No discussion of his work is included in the text because it was felt that it might interfere with the plan of the work as already mapped out. There are several articles in various reviews which deal with Cantillon’s work, the earliest being that contributed by Stanley Jevons to the Contemporary Review in 1881.