Pro bono publico oeconomico : sonda do ekonomického myšlení počátku 18. století

• Authors: Jiří Hrbek

Title variants

EN

Pro bono publico oeconomico : a probe into economic thinking at the beginning of the 18th century

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This study analyses the correspondence between Jan Kryštof Bořek, a Privy Council member, and the Czech aristocrat Jan Josef of Wallenstein, primarily from the 1720s. Both of them embraced mercantilist theories and with their assistance they sought to discover ways of improving the economic situation in the Czech Lands. Their correspondence reveals their thought processes in which mercantilism merged with the post-White Mountain (Baroque) patriotism. At the same time it also reveals much about the reflection of their own actions, because both Bořek and Wallenstein actively intervened in the formation of the economic environment in the Czech Lands: Bořek headed the office in charge of indirect taxes, Wallenstein was the head of a commercial collegium and he also operated a cloth-making manufactury. Thus, neither mercantilism or patriotism were abstract concepts; they provided a theoretical basis for real decision-making and practical activities.

Keywords

CS

merkantilismus; historie ekonomického myšlení; Barokní vlastenectví; hospodářská historie

EN

mercantilism; history of economic thought; Baroque patriotism; economic history

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Český časopis historický (The Czech Historical Review)
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 116
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 9-52
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jiří Hrbek

• Český časopis historický, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic

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Alena Linhartová

• Český časopis historický, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic