Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

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🇫🇷France
Liberalism

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne, commonly known as Turgot, was a French economist and statesman. Sometimes considered a physiocrat, he is today best remembered as an early advocate for economic liberalism. He is thought to have been the first political economist to have postulated something like the law of diminishing marginal returns in agriculture.

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1727 – 1781
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Born in
Paris
Educated at
Lycée Louis-le-GrandUniversity of Paris
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🏆 Concours général🏆 Hommes illustres

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  • 1727

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  • 1781

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