The Analysis Of Rise And Fall And Influence Of Mercantilism In Modern Britain

The bourgeois initial economic theory begins with Mercantilism. Mercantilism originates in the period of disintegration of natural economy and primitive accumulation of capital at the end of feudal society, which is a economic theory and policy system representing the interests of commercial capitalist class. The appearance of Mercantilism has its special historical background: the flourishing of commercial capital, the formation of national countries and the influence of Renaissance. Regarding money as the main even only wealth and pursuing money desperately is its basic view. The feature of Mercantilism is to attach importance to reality and experience and its essence is national egoism. Because Britain conforms to the trend of the times, and its Mercantilism theory has advantages and the policies are carried out efficiently, Britain advances by leaps and bounds and becomes the most powerful economic country in Europe at that time.This paper consists of preface, the main body, the conclusion and the reference. In preface, the author introduces the meaning of the topic and the research conditions for scholars to study Mercantilism and the new ideas of the paper. The main body has four parts. The first part gives an overall introduction about the basic thoughts and the historical conditions of Mercantilism;the second part discusses the prosperity and the main policies of Mercantilism in modern Britain;the third part analyses the fall and its reasons of Mercantilism in modern Britain;the fourth part discusses the influence of Mercantilism on Britain. The author makes a short comment on the historic position of Mercantilism in the conclusion.The conclusion made by the paper is : Mercantilism is a product of history. It makes a positive and great influence on British society and economy at that time. And some correct points of views can be used by us.