<p>Dr. Mark Thornton, our in-house Cantillon expert, joins the Human Action Podcast to discuss the contributions of this important proto-Austrian thinker. Cantillon may well have written the first true economic treatise, one which lays out a comprehensive theory of production, money, interest, value, method, and trade—almost 150 years before Menger's Principles. And along with the other French physiocrats, Cantillon gave us the concept of lassez-faire that later influenced Adam's Smith's invisible hand. If you want to understand economics today, and the precursors to the Austrian school, you need to know Cantillon and his work.</p> <p>Cantillon's <a href="https://mises.org/library/essay-economic-theory-0" target="_blank">An Essay on Economic Theory</a>, edited by Mark Thornton. Free PDF available.</p> <p><a href="https://mises-media.s3.amazonaws.com/Mark%20Thornton_Incorporating%20Cantillon.pdf" target="_blank">A biography of Cantillon</a> by Mark Thornton.</p> <p><a href="https://mises.org/library/more-cantillon-proto-austrian" target="_blank">"More on Cantillon as A Proto-Austrian"</a> by Guido Hülsmann.</p> <p>Subscribe and listen to the Human Action Podcast on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/mises-weekends/id884207568?mt=10" target="_blank">iTunes</a>,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLALopHfWkFlFTj__lkebZfUw5s-CWVuIt"> YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/mises-weekends" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/misesmedia/sets/mises-weekends" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a>, <a href="https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;apn=com.google.android.music&amp;link=https%3A//play.google.com/music/m/Ifcmskvragsr4a6mpvouxmp4aze%3Ft%3DMises_Weekends%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16" target="_blank">Google Play</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4VzJaNGY0inLS5Hxx5Mdx4">Spotify</a>, or <a href="https://mises.org/itunes/434" target="_blank">via RSS</a>.</p>