ABSTRACT
Both agriculture and luxury were placed at the very core of Goudar’s oeuvre. His Les intérêts de la France was written in the midst of a wave of intense debates on agriculture and agronomy. The mid-century was precisely the time in which Quesnay and his followers reinforced their influence on, and practically dominated public discussions on political economy. Among the famous books published by one of the sect’s fellows stood Mirabeau’s L’ami des hommes, which reached a great reception across the continent. Not for Goudar who, in his Naples ce qu’il faut faire, gave the book a bad press.
