Francois Quesnay Quotes
Without that sense of security which property gives, the land would still be uncultivated.
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| Birth: | 4th June, 1694 |
| Death: | 16th December, 1774 |
| Nationality: | French |
| Profession: | Economist, Physician |
Francois Quesnay was born in Méré, Yvelines, France. He was a French economist and physician. He is known for publishing the "Tableau économique" in 1758, which provided the foundations of the ideas of the Physiocrats. This was perhaps the first work to attempt to describe the workings of the economy in an analytical way, and as such can be viewed as one of the first important contributions to economic thought. His Le Despotisme de la Chine, written in 1767, describes Chinese politics and society, and his own political support for constitutional Oriental despotism. In 1744 he graduated as a doctor of medicine; he became physician in ordinary to the king, and afterwards his first consulting physician, and was installed in the Palace of Versailles. He wrote books including Quesnay's Tableau économique and The Economical Table.
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