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The Statistical Milieu of Adam Smith: I

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  • Recherches sur la population des généralités d'Auvergne, de Lyon, de Rouen, et de quelques provinces et villes du royaume avec des réflexions sur la valeur du bled tant en France qu'en Angleterre, depuis 1674, jusqu'en 1764, Paris, 1766
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