Pierre-Paul Le Mercier de La Rivière was a French colonial administrator and physiocrat economist. Mercier was a councilor at the Parlement of Paris, intendant at Martinique in the West Indies (1759-1764), and noted advocate of Physiocracy.
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Pierre-Paul Le Mercier de La Rivière was a French colonial administrator and physiocrat economist. Mercier was a councilor at the Parlement of Paris, intendant at Martinique in the West Indies (1759-1764), and noted advocate of Physiocracy. In 1774, Mercier wrote a letter to Benjamin Franklin proposing to purchase 5,000 tons of Philadelphia flour.
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Lived 1719 to 1801 · aged 82
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