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Anne Robert Jacques Turgot on Money

1727–1781 France

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Gold and silver are constituted, by the nature of things, money, and universal money, independent of all convention, and of all laws.

Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth (1766)

All merchandize has the two essential properties of money, to measure and to represent all value: and in this sense all merchandize is money.

Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth (1766)

All money is essentially merchandize.

Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth (1766)

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