In his judgment, these two aspects of the Revolution shook the foundations of France’s system of revenue and discouraged commercial activity. In addition, I provide a thorough treatment of Burke’s criticism of the monied interest and the revolutionaries’ frenzied issuance of paper money called assignats. In Reflections on the Revolution in France, Burke attacked the Revolution for violating prescriptive property rights and subverting the market principles of supply and demand that he later defended in Thoughts and Details. Chapter 11 unveils Burke’s understanding of the French Revolution through the lens of his principles of political economy.
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