Quesnay

American  

[ke-ne] / kɛˈnɛ /

noun

1. François 1694–1774, French economist and physician.

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Quesnay British  

/ kɛnɛ /

noun

1. François (frɑ̃swa). 1694–1774, French political economist, encyclopedist, and physician. He propounded the theory championed by the physiocrats in his Tableau économique (1758)

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Example Sentences

“Protest” could only be irrational, because it would challenge the “natural order of things,” to paraphrase 17th century French economist François Quesnay.

From Salon

Thus Quesnay, Maximes générales, 21 seq.;

From Project Gutenberg

This view, which must have found great favor among the imitators of Louis XIV. and Louis XV. was entertained to some extent by the Physiocrates; for instance, Quesnay, Maximes générales, 21 seq.

From Project Gutenberg

The reaction which attained its height in the Malthusians proper, set in with the Physiocrates and Steuart: Quesnay, Maximes générales, No. 26; Mirabeau, Phil. rurale, ch.

From Project Gutenberg

Quesnay declares it to be impossible that the exports of a country should be permanently greater than its imports: tout achat est vente et toute vente est achat.

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