id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-4454 Johann Heinrich Gottlob Justi - Wikipedia .html text/html 1747 345 59 Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi (28 December 1717[1] – 21 July 1771) was one of the leading German political economists in the 18th century. Writing against the background of the European power struggle during the Seven Years' War, Justi's central aim was to create modern commercial monarchies in the larger states of the Holy Roman Empire that could equal the military strength, political standing and economic performance of England and France. Apart from measures supporting population growth and fostering competition (by reducing the power of guilds and corporations), Justi viewed the increase in private consumption (by abolishing sumptuary laws), the spread of manufactures and companies as well as the growth in external trade (with the help of government-sponsored trade companies and the abolition of prohibitions regarding the import and export of goods) as cornerstones for economic success. Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi: Schauplatz der Künste und Handwerke Social and political philosophy ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4454.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4454.txt