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§ The minds · 1789–1846 · Germany · Economist

Friedrich List

The national system

Protect, then industrialise.

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Economic+26
SocialistMarket
Governance+64
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Social−30
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The economist whose 'National System of Political Economy' argued that states must protect and guide their industries to greatness — the intellectual fountainhead of developmental state capitalism worldwide.

social

Nationalist moderniser.

economic

Tariffs and state guidance to build national 'productive powers.'

governance

A strong state directing capitalist development from above.

Notable for
  • 'The National System of Political Economy'
  • Theory of productive powers
  • Inspired developmental states
national-systemprotectionismdevelopmental
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