François Véron Duverger de Forbonnais

François Véron Duverger de Forbonnais ( born October 3 in 1722 in Le Mans, † September 19, 1800 in Paris) was a French economist and encyclopedist.

Life and work

His father was a mousseline producer. He received a Jansenist embossed school education at a Parisian Collège. Travels took him to Spain and Italy. De Forbonnais studied in Paris. In 1756 he was appointed Inspector General des monnaies. In 1759 rose for the personal adviser to the king, Louis XV. , On. More Conseiller au parlement he was de Metz in Metz the Court. He crashed in 1763 in this function, after he had taken a 15 % import tax. Forbonnais first publication appeared in 1750 and was a commentary on the economic considerations of Montesquieu L' Esprit des lois. Even as director of the Journal de l'agriculture, du commerce et des finances, he worked from 1760. In 1753 Forbonnais translated two major mercantilist writings into French, a publication of the Spanish mercantilists Jerónimo de Uztáriz ( 1670-1732 ) and an Englishman Charles King ( 1687-1748 ), Chamber keeper to the Treasury. He was a friend of Jacques Paulze (1723-1794) a main tax collector ( Fermier général) and father of Marie -Anne Pierrette Lavoisier Paulze. Forbonnais wrote several articles for the Encyclopédie and became a leading economist France.

Works (selection)

• Considérations sur les finances d' Espagne (1753 )
• Éléments du commerce ( 1754)
• Recherches sur les finances de la France jusqu'en 1721 (1758), online
• Principes économiques
• Exam du livre sur la liberté intitulé Principes du commerce of grains
• De la Circulation of denrées ( 1800).