Vincent de Gournay

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Vincent de Gournay was an 18th-century French economist and intendant of commerce known as an early advocate of economic liberalism and the phrase "laissez faire, laissez passer."

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instanceOf French economist
economist
government official
human
intendant of commerce
advocated freedom of enterprise
freedom of trade
reduction of trade restrictions
removal of internal tariffs
associatedConcept "laissez faire, laissez passer"
birthCountry France
birthPlace Saint-Malo
birthYear 1712
countryOfCitizenship France
deathCountry Spain
deathPlace Cádiz
linked to: Cadiz
deathYear 1759
economicSchool laissez-faire economics
employer French monarchy
linked to: Ancien Régime
era 18th-century economics
familyName de Gournay
fieldOfWork commercial policy
political economy
trade regulation
givenName Vincent
influenced Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
French physiocrats
influencedBy François Quesnay
knownFor critique of economic regulation
support for free trade
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement economic liberalism
notableFor advocacy of economic liberalism
use of the phrase "laissez faire, laissez passer"
notableIdea minimal state intervention in the economy
spontaneous order in markets
occupation civil servant
economist
intendant of commerce
philosophicalSchool classical liberalism
positionHeld intendant of commerce
royal inspector of commerce
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Paris
timePeriod Ancien Régime France
linked to: Ancien Régime

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Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot influencedBy Vincent de Gournay
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