American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson praises the English public for still loving freedom, despite their politicians.

William Cobbett makes a distinction between everyday business and the murky world of Westminster lobbyists and financial speculation.

Oldham’s firebrand MP William Cobbett rips into the the City of London for blocking economic and political progress in India.

Samuel Smiles explains how Tudor England was transformed from sleepy backwater to hive of industry.

Sir John Seeley urged us to cherish our close ties to India and other nations beyond Europe.

Adam Smith argued that the Bengal Famine of 1769 would have been much less of a tragedy under a free trade policy.