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1820 Newcastle Courant 20 May Admitting, therefore, to its fullest extent, the plausibility of the mercantile theory, I am afraid, Sir, we shall be under the necessity of adopting the more prudential plan of cultivating our own fields before we cultivate those of our neighbours.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. 7 The Mercantile Theory could not fail to be seen in its true character.

1880 Princeton Rev. May 400 He told the advocates of the mercantile theory that it was not by gold or silver but by labor that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased.

1904 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 67 700 Herr Biedermann warns us against undervaluing the kernel of truth in the mercantile theory.

1995 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 61 573 Farmer dutifully deals with a number of theoretical approaches to rural economic development—central place theory, mercantile theory, and staple theory.