Physiocracy, Antiphysiocracy and Pfeiffer

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. The Physiocrats, The Antiphysiocrats, and Pfeiffer in Particular

   • Jürgen G. Backhaus

   Pages 1-4

3. Manufactures in European Economic Literature of the Enlightenment: The Description des Arts et Métiers and the Schauplatz der Künste und Handwerke

   • Kenneth Carpenter

   Pages 5-21

4. The Technological Dynamics of Capitalism: A Note on Antiphysiocracy, Colbertism, and 1848 Moments

   • Erik S. Reinert

   Pages 23-38

5. Another Grand Tour: Cameralism and Antiphysiocracy in Baden, Tuscany, and Denmark–Norway

   • Sophus A. Reinert

   Pages 39-69

6. Johann August Schlettwein (1731–1802): The German Physiocrat

   • Helge Peukert

   Pages 71-96

7. Cameralism and Physiocracy as the Two Sides of a Coin: Example of the Economic Policy of Johann Friedrich von Pfeiffer

   • Hans Frambach

   Pages 97-113

8. Physiocrats and Laws of Population

   • Gerhard Scheuerer

   Pages 115-122

9. On the Reception of Quesnay’s Economic Thought in German History of Economics

   • Günther Chaloupek

   Pages 123-133

10. Mature Cameralism According to Pfeiffer

    • Marcel van Meerhaeghe

    Pages 135-147

11. Pfeiffer and the Foundation of the Science of Forestry

    • Jürgen G. Backhaus

    Pages 149-153

12. Establishing Sustainability Theory Within Classical Forest Science: The Role of Cameralism and Classical Political Economy

    • Peter Deegen, Cornelia Seegers

    Pages 155-168

13. Back Matter

    Pages 169-173

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Physiocracy, or the economic theory that a nation’s wealth comes from is agricultural and land development, was a popular school of thought in France in the 18th century. The contribution and significance of the Physiocrats and Antiphysiocrats are explored in detail through chapter contributions by economists, philosophers, and social historians. The book concludes that neither the Physiocrats, nor the Antiphysiocrats were pure profit maximizers and that they all had the well-being of the commonwealth in mind. It brings to light previous studies only conducted in German and is the first analysis of Pfeiffer in a century, making the book of interest to any student or scholar of political economy and the history of economic thought. The contribution and significance of the Physiocrats and Antiphysiocrats are explored in detail through chapter contributions by economists, philosophers, and social historians. It brings to light previous studies only conducted in German and is the first analysis of Pfeiffer in a century, making the book of interest to any student or scholar of political economy and the history of economic thought.

• Antiphysiocracy
• Cameralism
• Forestry
• Johann Friedrich von Pfeiffer
• Physiocracy

• Fak. Staatswissenschaften, Lehrst. Finanzwissenschaft/, Universität Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany

  Jürgen Georg Backhaus

Jürgen G. Backhaus (*1950), JSD 1976, PhD (Econ) 1985, holds the Krupp Chair in Public Finance and Fiscal Sociology at Erfurt University since November 2000. Between 1986 and 2000, he has held the chair in Public Economics at Maastricht University. In September 2004 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Thessaly (Greece). He has published 60 books and monographs, about 200 articles in refereed journals and book chapters, 28 scholarly notes and 63 reviews. His research interests span economics, but also neighbouring disciplines such as law, fiscal sociology and environmental sciences. In 1994 he founded (with Frank H. Stephen) the European Journal of Law and Economics, of which he is the managing editor.

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