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Scrope, George Poulett (1797–1876)

  • Barry Gordon
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_1504-1
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Abstract

George Poulett Scrope was one of the most prolific contributors to the literature of political economy in the mid-19th century. He was also one of the more able critics of features of the Ricardian economic orthodoxy which came to dominate that literature. Scrope is at his best as an economist in the series of articles he contributed when chief economics reviewer for the Quarterly Review (1831–3). His Principles of Political Economy (1833c) is disappointing by comparison.

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Political Economy Banking System Quarterly Review Parliamentary Committee Close Government 
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  • Barry Gordon
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