Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
French economist and statesman (1727–1781) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne[lower-alpha 1] (/tʊərˈɡoʊ/ toor-GOH; French: [tyʁgo]; 10 May 1727 – 18 March 1781), commonly known as Turgot, was a French economist and statesman. Sometimes considered a physiocrat,[2] he is today best remembered as an early advocate for economic liberalism.[3] He is thought to have been the first political economist to have postulated something like the law of diminishing marginal returns in agriculture.[4]
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Anne Robert Jacques Turgot | |
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First Minister of State | |
In office 24 August 1774 – 12 May 1776 | |
Monarch | Louis XVI |
Preceded by | René Nicolas de Maupeou |
Succeeded by | The Count of Maurepas |
Controller-General of Finances | |
In office 24 August 1774 – 12 May 1776 | |
Monarch | Louis XVI |
Preceded by | Joseph Marie Terray |
Succeeded by | Baron de Nuits |
Secretaries of State for the Navy | |
In office 20 July 1774 – 24 August 1774 | |
Monarch | Louis XVI |
Preceded by | Marquis de Boynes |
Succeeded by | Antoine de Sartine |
Personal details | |
Born | (1727-05-10)10 May 1727 Paris, France |
Died | 18 March 1781(1781-03-18) (aged 53) Paris, France |
influenced | Condorcet · Maistre · Rothbard · Schumpeter · Smith · Marx · Keynes |
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Academic career | |
Field | Political economics |
School or tradition | Physiocrats |
Alma mater | Sorbonne |
Influences | Montesquieu · Quesnay |
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