John Cary (1649–1722?) was a prominent Bristol merchant and writer on matters regarding trade during the eighteenth century. Cary has been heralded as a pioneer in establishing economics as a separate field of "scientific" inquiry, a proponent of a "favorable balance of trade", and an objector to the idea that low wages were desirable.[1]
- ^ Sophus, Reinert (2011). Translating Empire. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. pp. 73–128.