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Bagehot, Walter
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Bagehot, Walter (1826–77). Journalist. From a banking family in Langport (Som.), his father a unitarian, Bagehot attended University College London and began to study law. But he moved into banking, wrote copiously, and from 1860 edited his father‐in‐law James Wilson's paper
The Economist. Though capable of brilliant writing and subtle insights, much of Bagehot's work is marred by a habitual superciliousness towards the ‘stupid’ masses and his inability to resist a
bon mot. His best‐known work,
The English Constitution, which came out in the 1860s, was enormously successful and seriously misleading. Written at the time of Victoria's seclusion after Albert's death, it is understandable that Bagehot should have exaggerated the weakness of the monarchy: ‘the queen must sign her own death warrant if the two Houses unanimously send it up to her’ is more piquant than profound.
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"The greatest Victorian" in the new century: the enduring relevance of Walter Bagehot's commentary on literature, scholarship, and public life.
Magazine article from: Papers on Language & Literature; 3/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Spectator in which he identifies Walter Bagehot as "The Greatest Victorian...years without meeting the name of Walter Bagehot" (9). Plausible as Young...celebratory The Omnipresence of Walter Bagehot, a 24-page, octavo monograph...
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On Bagehot, on the monarchy. (late Economist columnist Walter Bagehot; British monarchy) (Column)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 10/22/1994; 700+ words
; THIS column is named after Walter Bagehot, perhaps the best-known commentator...the age of 51 in 1877. And among Bagehot's best-known comments on the...monarchy. Not everyone has agreed with Bagehot, of course. But his book "The...
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Bagehot's lender of last resort: A Hollow Hallowed Tradition.(Walter Bagehot)
Magazine article from: Independent Review; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...s financial stability following Walter Bagehot's persuasion of the Bank of England...and other central banks followed Bagehot's rule of lending freely but...called it "The victory of the Bagehot Principle" (1965, 257-83...
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What would Bagehot do? Economics focus.(Walter Bagehot)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 8/18/2007; 700+ words
; ...account of the money markets, Walter Bagehot urged the Bank of England to stave...world in this country". But as Bagehot pointed out, by lending liberally...truly the lender of last resort. Bagehot's mischievous doctrine is now...
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The Wit of Bagehot on Human Nature.(quotes of economist Walter Bagehot)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Insight on the News; 11/27/2000; 631 words
; ...has been a longtime admirer of Walter Bagehot (1826-77), the great English...Dictionary of Quotations. And Bagehot could be witty, as these quotes...the pain of a new idea." And Bagehot could be a wise observer of human...
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KNIGHT-BAGEHOT FELLOWS IN ECONOMICS, BUSINESS JOURNALISM NAMED
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/8/2006; 700+ words
; ...the incoming class of Knight-Bagehot Fellows for a rigorous program...James L. Knight Foundation, and Walter Bagehot, the 19th-century British economist...Co. The 2006-2007 Knight-Bagehot Fellows in Economics and Business...
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The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, in Affiliation with the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship, Announces a Major Media Forum:.
PR Newswire; 10/23/1998; 700+ words
; ...Columbia Journalism Review; Walter Mossberg, The Wall Street...affiliation with the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics &...the day after the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship's 23rd Anniversary...Director of the Knight-Bagehot Program, "The relationship...
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ADVISORY/The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism In Affiliation with The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship Announces A Major Media Forum: Business & The Press A Symposium.
Business Wire; 10/26/1998; 700+ words
; ...Columbia Journalism Review; WALTER MOSSBERG, The Wall Street...affiliation with the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics &...Director of the Knight-Bagehot Program, "The relationship...journalism, such as the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship Program in Economics...
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The constitution revisited. (Bagehot) (Britain)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/28/1990; 700+ words
; ...column's household deity, Waker Bagehot, argued in 1867 that the House...Parliament into an elective dictatorship Bagehot would have agreed: he called powerful...however, that Labour, unlike Walter Bagehot, has diverged from the doctrine...
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WRITING ABOUT BUSINESS: THE NEW COLUMBIA KNIGHT-BAGEHOT GUIDE TO ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS JOURNALISM.(Review)
Magazine article from: Columbia Journalism Review; 1/1/2001; ; 546 words
; ...BUSINESS: THE NEW COLUMBIA KNIGHT-BAGEHOT GUIDE TO ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS...27.50 paper The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Business Writing...years ago, Elie Abel, admired Walter Bagehot ("baj-et"), an eminent Victorian...
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Walter Bagehot
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Walter Bagehot The English economist, social theorist, and literary critic Walter Bagehot (1826-1877) was virtually the founder...Stevas, ed., The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot (4 vols., 1965-1968), supersedes...
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Bagehot, Walter
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Bagehot, Walter (1826–77). Journalist...Langport (Som.), his father a unitarian, Bagehot attended University College, London...writing and subtle insights, much of Bagehot's work is marred by a habitual superciliousness...
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Lombard Street (Bagehot)
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Lombard Street (Bagehot) In the second half of the nineteenth...their businesses there. In 1873, Walter Bagehot, editor of The Economist magazine...earlier in 1802. In Lombard Street, Bagehot briefly surveyed the origins of the...
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Lender of Last Resort
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...rejected calls to formally accept the role of lender of last resort, even after Walter Bagehot (1826 – 1877) made the classic case for it in 1873 (Bagehot [1873] 1999), further developing Thornton ’ s ([1802] 1939...
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Elizabeth II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...noticeably less a "deferential society" now than it was in Walter Bagehot's day, and there can be no doubt that considerable...Barbara ranch, to former U.S. Ambassador to Britain Walter Annenberg's luxurious estate, and, in a private...
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