Turgot on Progress, Sociology and Economics


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This volume explores the renowned political historian, sociological and economic author A. R. J. Turgot (1727-81).




Turgot Collection, The


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The Formation and Distribution of Wealth


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In this essay, Turgot traces the development of society from its beginning to modern commercial society, the distribution of wealth and taxation leaves the individual and the mechanism of capitalism free of state control. At the foundation of economic science, Turgot became its most profound thinker. He prompted a democratic, just and prosperous society in which the liberty of the individual and the power of the state wereweighed and balanced.




Unequal Family Lives


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This volume explores the causes and consequences of family inequality in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.




Reflections on the Formation and the Distribution of Riches


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This book is an economic treatise written by Baron de Laune Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot a French economist and statesman. An early proponent of economic liberalism and a key figure in the field of political economy. The book contains the seeds of many concepts that Smith, Ricardo, Marx, and numerous others would later develop and criticize.