Notes to the ‘Third Edition’

Economic thoughts from an East Asian perspective: a conceptual framework of viability and development strategy

“…8. For an authoritative compilation of the various editions of the Tableau, see Kuczynsky and Meek (1972). 9.…”

The Concept of Growth in Eighteenth-Century Economics

“…For the Tableau Economique, see Kuczynski and Meek (1972). On Cantillon's influence, see Brewer 1992a.…”

The Level and Distribution of Income in Mid-Eighteenth-Century France, According to François Quesnay

“…François Quesnay’s Tableau Économique is well known and much studied (e.g., Kuczynski and Meek 1972; Vaggi 1987). The figures given by Quesnay in the Tableau are illustrative and hypothetical.…”

“… 14 That β depends on level of development is also clear from Quesnay’s statement in the third edition of the Tableau économique that in France, at some point, advances return only 20% or 25% in terms of net product, while, under better administration, they would yield 100% (see Kuczynski and Meek 1972, notes to the “Third Edition,” p. 16n75). Actually, the improvement that a Physiocratic management of the economy would bring forth is measured by how much the return on working capital advance would increase.…”

“… 11 “Plow” ( charrue ) is arguably sometimes used to mean a “plow of land,” the amount of land that can be tilled with one plow in a year (see Kuczynski and Meek 1972, notes to the “Third Edition,” p. 4n11). It is then equal to 120 arpents.…”