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en-wikipedia-org-3847		Giovanni Botero - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2433	343	69	This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. In this work, Botero argued against the amoral political philosophy associated with Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, not only because it lacked a Christian foundation but also because it simply did not work. Basing his political and economic ideas primarily on the thought of Thomas Aquinas, Botero argued for a more sophisticated relationship between princes and their subjects, one that would give the people more power in the political and economic matters of the state. Nonetheless, Botero's overall conception of political economy is again more 'liberal' than that of Bodin, who argued for active participation by kings in the economy of the country, including mercantilist policies that would be enacted wholeheartedly in early modern France by Louis XIV and Colbert. Botero's work would also influence the next generation of political and economic thinkers.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3847.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3847.txt