One of the seminal books of twentieth century economic history: “a pioneering effort to delineate the major themes of economic ideas and policy in Western Europe during some four or five centuries” (Coats, 1957). “The outstanding historical study of mercantilism in all its phases” (Blaug, 1986). The work first appeared in Swedish in 1931; the present English translation was prepared from the German edition and revised by the author.
