Discourses upon Trade
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Discourses upon Trade is a late 17th-century economic treatise by Dudley North that articulates early free-trade and laissez-faire principles, challenging prevailing mercantilist ideas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Discourses upon Trade canonical | 1 |
| Discourses upon Trade, 1691 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15341067 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Discourses upon Trade Context triple: [Dudley North (economist), notableWork, Discourses upon Trade]
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A.
Letters on Commercial Policy
"Letters on Commercial Policy" is an influential 19th-century economic treatise by Robert Torrens that analyzes and advocates principles of international trade and commercial policy.
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Papers Relating to Political Economy
Papers Relating to Political Economy is a collection of influential essays by economist Francis Ysidro Edgeworth that helped shape early neoclassical economic theory and the use of mathematical methods in economics.
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C.
The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations is Adam Smith’s foundational 1776 treatise on economics that laid the groundwork for classical free-market theory and modern economic thought.
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D.
Elements of Political Economy
Elements of Political Economy is a 19th-century treatise by James Mill that systematically presents and defends classical economic theory in a concise, didactic form.
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E.
Essay on the External Corn Trade
Essay on the External Corn Trade is an influential early 19th-century economic treatise analyzing international trade and agricultural policy, particularly the effects of corn laws and grain imports on prices and national welfare.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Discourses upon Trade Target entity description: Discourses upon Trade is a late 17th-century economic treatise by Dudley North that articulates early free-trade and laissez-faire principles, challenging prevailing mercantilist ideas.
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A.
Letters on Commercial Policy
"Letters on Commercial Policy" is an influential 19th-century economic treatise by Robert Torrens that analyzes and advocates principles of international trade and commercial policy.
-
B.
Papers Relating to Political Economy
Papers Relating to Political Economy is a collection of influential essays by economist Francis Ysidro Edgeworth that helped shape early neoclassical economic theory and the use of mathematical methods in economics.
-
C.
The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations is Adam Smith’s foundational 1776 treatise on economics that laid the groundwork for classical free-market theory and modern economic thought.
-
D.
Elements of Political Economy
Elements of Political Economy is a 19th-century treatise by James Mill that systematically presents and defends classical economic theory in a concise, didactic form.
-
E.
Essay on the External Corn Trade
Essay on the External Corn Trade is an influential early 19th-century economic treatise analyzing international trade and agricultural policy, particularly the effects of corn laws and grain imports on prices and national welfare.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Discourses upon Trade, 1691