William Huskisson and the bullion controversy, 1810

Nathan Sussman

The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1997, vol. 4, issue 2, 237-257

Abstract: The debate concerning the return to the gold standard in England during and in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, and the subsequent resumption of convertibility in 1819, played a significant role in British monetary orthodoxy. Its impact culminated in the 1925 decision to return to gold at prewar parity. Examining the contribution of William Huskisson - one of the authors of the Bullion Report - to the bullion controversy I argue that he played a major role in shaping British monetary policy of the nineteenth century.

Keywords: Bullionism; Huskisson; gold standard; monetary policy; England; eighteenth century economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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