The Political Economy of Robert Lowe
Robert Lowe's wit and brilliance made him one of the most admired and detested figures of the Victorian age. But he was also the only classical economist to become Chancellor of the Exchequer, and this is the first study of him by a fellow economist. It shows how as Chancellor he caused a riot with his proposed match tax and hankered to take Britain into a single European currency.
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The Political Economy of Robert Lowe
Robert Lowe's wit and brilliance made him one of the most admired and detested figures of the Victorian age. But he was also the only classical economist to become Chancellor of the Exchequer, and this is the first study of him by a fellow economist. It shows how as Chancellor he caused a riot with his proposed match tax and hankered to take Britain into a single European currency.
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The Political Economy of Robert Lowe

The Political Economy of Robert Lowe

by J. Maloney
The Political Economy of Robert Lowe

The Political Economy of Robert Lowe

by J. Maloney

Paperback(1st ed. 2005)

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Overview

Robert Lowe's wit and brilliance made him one of the most admired and detested figures of the Victorian age. But he was also the only classical economist to become Chancellor of the Exchequer, and this is the first study of him by a fellow economist. It shows how as Chancellor he caused a riot with his proposed match tax and hankered to take Britain into a single European currency.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781349524808
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date: 01/01/2005
Edition description: 1st ed. 2005
Pages: 188
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

JOHN MALONEY is a Reader in Economics at Exeter University, UK.

Table of Contents

Go Out and Govern New South Wales The Limits to Laissez-Faire Trade and Treaties Education, Education, Administration Shedding Daylight on the Unions What Shall We Do for Ireland? Democratic Economics or Gladstonian Finance? Saying No The Chancellor Meets His Match Joining the 'Europe' and Shrinking the Pound Beer, Bankruptcy and Empire Pig Philosophy? Vapulo, Veneo, Exulo, Fio Notes Bibliography
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