Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert

Boisguilbert
Pierre le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert
Born(1646-02-17)17 February 1646
Died10 October 1714(1714-10-10) (aged 68)
Rouen
NationalityFrench
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical economics
School or traditionPhysiocrats

Pierre le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert or Boisguillebert (French: [bwaɡilbɛʁ]; 17 February 1646  10 October 1714) was a French lawmaker and a Jansenist, one of the inventors of the notion of an economic market.