| Sumario: | The article focuses on the use of various publications by physiocrats in the eighteenth century to spread their beliefs and doctrines related to economics. In the eighteenth century, the physiocrats faced the problem of finding an appropriate media of expression. The books which the physiocrats wrote had a limited number of readers. Desiring wider public attention, the physiocrats found acceptance among the readers of an already well established periodical, that is, "Le Journal économique." As economist François Quesnay's group of devoted disciples grew in number and strength, the Journal became alarmed by the program of Quesnay's economic school. In 1763, "La Gazette du commerce," a biweekly newspaper, was launched. The physiocrats took advantage of this opportunity to promote their beliefs alongside opposing views and succeeded in making an impression. The year 1776 marked the physiocrats' official exit as a school of economic thought. That year also marked the beginning of the classical school of economic thought with the publication of Adam Smith's book "An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations."
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