英国近代早期的商业投机及其国家治理

Trade Speculation and State Regulation in Early Modern England

近代早期的英国因物价飞涨等因素导致商业投机行为猖獗盛行,从而严重影响到国家经济秩序的稳定和国民的生活。英国政府为此以议会法令、王室敕令等法律手段进行了长期的国家治理。治理商业投机是近代早期英国动用国家权力安定经济秩序的重要举措,亦是近代早期英国政府所奉行的重商主义对内政策的重要组成部分,还是维护始于中古时代的传统工商业道德的需要。这种治理客观上取得了一定成效,对当时乃至后世的英国社会产生了深远影响。

During the early modern England, and other factors led to the rampant commercial speculation prevalently, which seriously affected national economic stability and national life. Thus, England government reinforced a long-term state cure by numerous statutes and royal proclamations, which was a main measure taken by state power to stable economic order, the internal policy of Mercantilism, and the requirement of upholding certain traditional industrial and commercial morals originated from medieval era. Those measures gained certain positive effect and had profound impacts on contemporary and later England.