Gerard de Malynes
Gerard de Malynes (* 1586 ; † 1641 ) was an English merchant, commissioner for the Spanish Netherlands, government advisor and official in the coinage.
According to Joseph Schumpeter's judgment, he was one of the few mercantilists who developed a theoretical argument. No 17th century author had surpassed him for a clear and complete understanding of the mechanism of foreign exchange; however, he was more impressed by the shortcomings of this mechanism at the time than by the mechanism itself.
Among other things, he published the pamphlet entitled: A Treatise of the Canker of England's Common Wealth . This is then Edward Misselden with his book The Circle of Commerce: Or, the Ballance of Trade countered. which has resulted in considerable controversy .
Fonts
- The Canker of England's Common Wealth. (1601) online (PDF; 2.8 MB)
- Gerard Malynes Merchant: The Maintenance of Free Trade, According to the Three Essentiall Parts of Traffique; Namely Commodities, Moneys and Exchange of Moneys, by Bills of Exchanges for other Countries. Or answer to a Treatise of Free Trade, or the meanes to make Trade floushish, lately Published. Contraria iuxta se Pofita magis Elucescunt. (1622)
- Consuedo, vel, Lex Mercatoria: or, The Law Merchant: Divided into three parts, according to the Essential Parts of Traffick Necessary for All Statesmen, Judges, Magistrates, Temporal and Civil Lawyers, Mint-Men, Merchants, Mariners and Others Negotiating in all Places of the World.
literature
- EAJ Johnson: Gerard De Malynes and the Theory of the Foreign Exchanges . In: The American Economic Review. Volume 23, No. 3, September 1933, pp. 441-455.
- Andrea Finkelstein: Gerard de Malynes and Edward Misselden: The Learned Library of the Seventeenth-Century Merchant . ISSN 1098-7371 .
- Lynn Muchmore: Gerrard de Malynes and Mercantile Economics . In: History of Political Economy. 1969; 1, pp. 336-335.
- Ludovic Desmedt: The "sagesse pratique" of the premiers mercantilistes anglais: the analysis of change et du commerce extérieur au début du xviie siècle .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joseph A. Schumpeter, (Elizabeth B. Schumpeter, ed.): History of economic analysis . First part of the volume. Vandenhoeck Ruprecht, Göttingen 1965, p. 434f.
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SURNAME | Malynes, Gerard de |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English businessman, representative for the Spanish Netherlands, government advisor and official in the field of coinage |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1586 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1641 |