ARCHIBALD HUTCHESON’S REPUTATION AS AN ECONOMIC THINKER: HIS PAMPHLETS, THE NATIONAL DEBT AND THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE
Archibald Hutcheson M.P. (c. 1659-1740) was a British politician who opposed the South Sea Company's scheme to offer holders of British government debt its own shares in exchange for their claims on the state. Hutcheson proposed an alternative scheme to pay off the entire debt by increasing ta...
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| Language: | English |
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Economic & Business History Society
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Essays in Economic and Business History |
| Online Access: | http://ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/view/222 |