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xviEconomic thought before Adam Smithaccumulated over the years. Since I am one of the few scholars remainingwho stubbornly cleave to low-tech typewriters rather than adopt word processors/computers,I have been dependent on the services of a number oftypists/word processors, among whom I would particularly mention JanetBanker and Donna Evans of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.In addition the author and publishers wish to thank the following who havekindly given permission for the use of copyright material.Groenewegen, P.D. (ed.), The Economics ofA.R.J. Turgot. Copyright 1977,by Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague. Reprinted by permission of Kluwer AcademicPublishers.Rothkrug, Lionel, Opposition to Louis XIV. Copyright 1965, renewed 1993,by the Princeton University Press. Reprinted by permission of PrincetonUniversity Press. _The author would particularly like to express his appreciation for the efficiencyand graciousness of Mrs Berendina van Straalen, of the Rights andPermission Dept, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.