An anti-poverty hero; Richard Cobden.

The Economist (US) | June 5, 2004 | Copyright

In memory of a man who actually won an argument to free up farm trade

TWO hundred years ago, on June 3rd 1804, was born a man who led the first great campaign for free trade. His name was Richard Cobden, and he led the Anti-Corn Law League, perhaps Britain's first big NGO, which in 1839-46 fought to persuade Parliament to remove price controls and import barriers for wheat. By acting as a hefty tax on basic foods, Cobden argued, those controls impoverished ordinary workers, causing recurrent bouts of starvation as well as raising labour costs, dampening demand and ...

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