JNU SIS 2019 Question 3: Classical political economy
The classical economists attacked which of the following mercantilist propositions
A. state action was necessary to direct the capitalist system.
B. money had no intrinsic value.
C. the wealth of a nation was closely linked to the country’s stock of precious metals.
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This question is on Mercantilism and physiocracy, part of Classical political economy in Macroeconomics.
The pre-classical schools: wealth as trade surplus, and wealth as the product of agriculture.
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