Colbertism is the economic and political doctrine of Jean-Baptiste Colbert. Colbert was the Controller-General of Finances from 1665 to 1683 under Louis XIV of France. Colbertism is a variant of merca
1655 portrait of Colbert by Philippe de Champaigne
Louis XIV visiting the Gobelins Manufactory with Colbert in 1667.
The American School, also known as the National System, represents three different yet related constructs in politics, policy and philosophy. The policy existed from the 1790s to the 1970s, waxing and
Colbertism
…by attracting cash from other countries, keeping it inside the kingdom, and hindering its export, thus giving men the means to profit from it". American School (economics) History of economic thought…
Alexander Hamilton's ideas and three Reports to Congress formed the philosophical basis of the American School.
U.S. Senator Henry Clay, leader of the Whig Party and advocate for the American System
Abraham Lincoln, an "Old Henry Clay tariff Whig" by his own definition, enacted much of the American School's core policies into law during his tenure as President from 1861 through 1865.