Question

Define “MERCANTILISM

Answer 1

1. Belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
2. The economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism.

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Answer 2

Mercantilism is the Economic system that was used to increase wealth in countries during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.