But it is more accurate to think of mercantilism as a different way to organize the relationship between the state and the economy – a vision that holds no less relevance today than it did in the eighteenth century. Mercantilist theorists such as Thomas Mun were in fact strong proponents of capitalism; they just propounded a different model than liberalism.
然而把重商主义视为另一种协调国家与经济关系的方式才更为准确——这一视角和当年18世纪时具有同等的现实意义。重商主义理论家，比如托马斯·曼（Thomas Mun），实际上是资本主义的强烈支持者；他们只是提出了一个不同于自由主义的模型。