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Cobden led the campaign that repealed the Corn Laws in 1846, after which there was free trade in grain. The son of a Middlesex farmer, he sought his fortune in Manchester, became an owner of a mill that employed 2,000 workers and was noted for excellence of its calicoes. At 35, he was a rich man.
This chapter was originally published in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, 2008. Edited by Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume
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Ashworth, H. 1877. Recollections of Richard Cobden, M.P., and the Anti-Corn Law League. London: Cassell.
Morley, J. 1881. The Life of Richard Cobden. London: Fisher Unwin.
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Grampp, W.D. (2008). Cobden, Richard (1804–1865). In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_563-2
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