The National Gain
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The National Gain is the main work of a Finnish scientist Anders Chydenius, published in 1765. In this thesis Chydenius argues in favour of free export trade rights for the Swedish-Finnish Ostrobothnia and lays down the principles of liberalism and the free markets - for example, free trade and industry - eleven years before Adam Smith.
Anders Chydenius was a student of another famous Finnish scientist, Pehr Kalm.
An English language translation for The National Gain book can be found on the Chydenius Foundation web site: The National Gain
