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“Attempts to put mercantilist doctrine into practice characterised the history of most of the nations of Western European in the 16th and 17th centuries.” Comment in about 200 words.

  • UPSC 1988
  • Enlightenment and Modern Ideas

Mercantilism supplied the operating economic logic of the early-modern European state, treating national wealth and state power as inseparable.

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