Gerard de Malynes

Gerard de Malynes (* 1586, † 1641) was an English businessman, in charge of the Spanish Netherlands, a government advisor and official coinage.

He was in the judgment of Joseph Schumpeter's one of the few mercantilists, who have developed a theoretical argument. No author of the 17th century had surpassed him in the clear and full understanding of the foreign exchange mechanism; However, he was more impressed by the defects of this mechanism at the time as of the mechanism itself

His publications include the pamphlet entitled A Treatise of the Canker of England 's Commonwealth. This is then Edward Misselden with his book The Circle of Commerce: Or countered, the Ballance of Trade ". resulting in a considerable controversy has revealed.

Writings

• The Canker of England's Commonwealth. (1601 ) online (PDF, 2.8 MB)
• Gerard Malynes Merchant: The Maintenance of Free Trade, According to the essentiall Three 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, accor ding 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.