重商主义是资产阶级最初的经济学说。它是在资本主义生产方式发生时期出现的。在西欧,早期重商主义观点流行于十五世纪至十六世纪中叶;晚期重商主义从十六世纪下半期开始,到十七世纪中叶达到它的全盛时期。托马斯·曼是晚期重商主义的杰出代表。 Mercantilism is the first economics theory of the bourgeoisie. It emerged during the period of the capitalist mode of production. In Western Europe, early mercantilist ideas prevailed between the 15th and the mid-16th centuries; late Mercantilism began its second half of the XVIth century and reached its heyday by the mid-17th century. Thomas Mann was an outstanding representative of late-day mercantilism.