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October 30, 2010
Saturday
 
 
Samizdata quote of the day
Brian Micklethwait (London)  Globalization/economics • Slogans/quotations
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- Richard Cobden (1804-1865), quoted at the Cobden Centre website. Quoted again by Steven Baker MP at the end of his presentation this morning to the Libertarian Alliance, and featured in his final slide, of which the above is my somewhat wonky photo.

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A de-wonkified version (thanks to the magic of Photoshop) if you want:

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/7489/cobdenquotev2.jpg(Link)


Posted by AKM at October 31, 2010 12:24 AM

Brian is blogging from his laptop directly from the conference. I think he may be forgiven for minimal photoshopping.


Posted by Michael Jennings at October 31, 2010 08:41 AM

And remember Richard Cobden was "mainstream" in his day.

Even a Governor of the Bank of England (contrary to lure of power) sided with the anti bailout and anti maniulation opinions of Richard Cobden - rather than with the opinions of Walter Bagehot.

Although, of course, even Bagehot looks like a moderate compared to the crackbrained degenerates who now control the magazine he once edited - the "Economist", and its twin publication the "Financial Times".


Posted by Paul Marks at November 3, 2010 04:47 PM
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