Rising Opposition to Collectivism by Merchants and Nobles

Tags: Value and Exchange, World History

07/29/2010 Murray N. Rothbard

When Jean-Baptiste Colbert died on September 6, 1683, there was celebration throughout France. In fact, only the soldiery prevented the populace from joyfully dragging Colbert's body through the streets, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).

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