Richard Cantillon
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Richard Cantillon was an Irish-French economist and author of Essai Sur La Nature Du Commerce En Général, a book considered by William Stanley Jevons to be the "cradle of political economy". Although
Detail of a male subject in Family Portrait by Nicolas de Largillière, c. 1730, argued by Mark Thornton to be a possibly authentic depiction of Cantillon.
William Petty is considered to be one of Richard Cantillon's greatest influences.
Cover of the Ludwig von Mises Institute's edition of Cantillon's Essai
Portrait of his daughter, Henrietta Diana, Dowager Countess of Stafford, by Allan Ramsay, 1759
Ballyheigue
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Ballyheigue, officially Ballyheige, is a coastal town and civil parish in County Kerry, Ireland. It is 18 km northwest of Tralee along the R551 road. It is a scenic locale which forms part of the Wild
Richard Cantillon
…life are scarce, it is thought that he was born sometime during the 1680s in County Kerry, Ireland. He was son to land-owner Richard Cantillon of Ballyheigue. Sometime in the middle of the first decade of the 18th century Cantillon moved to France, where he attained French citizenship. By 1711, Cantillon…
Ballyheigue as viewed from the nearby beach
Ballyheigue Strand
Ballyheigue Castle