There were many people during the Enlightenment that made an impact on the world. Many people had different opinions about what was happening and how to fix the problems facing the world at that time. One man started this change with his Encyclopedia. This man was Diderot; it was called the great work of his life. This book was a major weapon against the old French society. His book made a great impact on the people because it was so cheap that everyone could obtain a copy.

With the printing of this book a new group emerged from the populace. This group, named the Physiocrats, has been viewed as the founders of the modern discipline of economics. A well-known member of this party is known for his thoughts on the old eco

nomic ideas. His name was Adam Smith and he had many economic ideas of the enlightenment. Adam Smith wrote the book Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. This book had three basic principles of economics.

The new theories of the Enlightenment are still around this very day. It has an effect on almost everyone that works or lives today. There are still many different places in the government that have the same ideas that were used back then. The United States government trades with many other countries. It trades with the Middle East countries for oil when we have a small stock of our own. In trade we give them, something that we grow a large amount of that few countries do, corn. The government also supplies a large amount of jobs to maintain the roads, bridges, get others jobs, and to supply safety to the citizens.

The first principle was the condemning of mercantilist use of protective tariffs to protect home industries. "A tailor does not try to make his own shoes, nor does a shoemaker try to make his own clothes." (Western Civilization pg. 493) With this line of reasoning Adam Smith was saying that a country should not try to make their own products when another country can supply them for cheaper than the one country can make it. A nation should make what it can for the least amount of money, without the tariff, then trade it with other countries. The free trade principle was a fundamental economic principle to most people.

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