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Reflections on the formation and distribution of wealth. By M. Turgot, Comptroller General of the Finances of France, in 1774, 1775, and 1776. Translated from the French

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Benjamin Vaughan
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Summary (extracted citations)

Epigraph: 'This Essay may even be considered as the germ of the treatise on the Wealth of Nations, written by the celebrated Dr. Smith'.

Notes

Epigraph taken from Vaughan's translation of Condorcet's Life of Turgot.

In the preface, Vaughan comments on the importance of Turgot's writings for the good of mankind and on their influence on Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations. Claiming to have been surprised at finding that no English translation of this important piece existed, he claims to have 'ventured to give it to the public in an English dress, in which he has been studious to retain the Author's sense and meaning' for the benefit of his countrymen who may not have read the French original.