mercantilism

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (countable, historical, uncountable) The theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade, in the manner that a merchant would operate a shop. Typically this model presupposes protectionism.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The theory that holds that the prosperity of a nation depends upon its supply of capital, and that the global volume of trade is unchangeable.

Concepts

esprit commercial

sens des affaires

sens commercial

esprit des affaires

Synonymes

mercantile system

commercial system

mercenary spirit

Traductions

Merkantilismus

mercantilisme

mercantilisme

comercialisme

mercantilismo

Handelsgeist

εμπόριο

εμποριολογία

εμπορικό πνεύμα

Étymologie (Anglais)

From mercantile + -ism.

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