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# Mercantile System
## Definition
An economic doctrine that seeks to enrich the nation by promoting exports
and restricting imports, based on the belief that national wealth consists
of accumulated precious metals and that a favourable balance of trade is
essential for prosperity.
## Source Chapter
Book IV, Chapter 5
## Context
Smith presents the mercantile system as the intellectual framework that
justifies bounties and other trade restrictions. He systematically
criticizes its core assumptions about wealth creation and trade balance.
## Economic Domain
General Theory
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