Defunct Economists and Practical Preachers: The Anti-Corn Law League
ABSTRACT
In contemporary democracies, it seems virtually impossible for classical liberal proposals to secure victory. This conference looked at the success of the Anti–Corn Law League as a case study in free-market policy success.
READING LIST
Conference Readings
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Davies, Stephen. “Richard Cobden: Ideas and Strategies in Organizing the Free-Trade Movement in Britain.” Online Library of Liberty. http://oll.libertyfund.org/pages/lm-cobden (May 6, 2015).
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Hodgskin, Thomas. A Lecture on Free Trade, In Connexion with the Corn Laws, 1843. London: G. J. Palmer, 1843.
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McCord, Norman. The Anti-Corn Law League 1838-1846. New York: Routledge, 2006.
Trentmann, Frank. Free Trade Nation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.