Talk:Mercantilism/Archives/2017

Unfinished cloth
What does this statement mean?


 * "Thus for instance England

ned the export of unfinished cloth to the Netherlands."

Does "unfinished cloth" mean cloth that has not yet been made into clothing, or does it mean cloth whose manufacture has not been completed somehow (eg., it hasn't been dyed)?


 * "To deal with this England passed the Navigation Acts which forbade any ship that was not English, or carrying goods produced in its own nation from entering English ports."

Huh? Does the "not" before "English" apply to the next clause or not? I find this statement very confusing. Can someone clarify it?

Tbarron 00:09 Jan 3, 2003 (UTC)


 * I searched Wikipedia for "unfinished cloth" and got 4 results that clarified this for me.
 * I think he should have written "...or was (or "was not") carrying..." I'm guessing he means "...was neither English nor carrying..."  -lifeform (talk) 05:28, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Issues with Lede
The opening paragraph seems out of place. It feels as if the article should start with a brief definition of mercantilism, rather than jump straight into historical narrative. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CC0Rider (talk • contribs) 16:14, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
 * good point. I tried to fix it.  Rjensen (talk) 16:27, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Improved. October 2017.--Tim Stamper (talk) 04:24, 26 October 2017 (UTC)