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The Unselfishess of Free Trade
By Richard Cobden
Victorian MP Richard Cobden pleaded for Britain to set the world an example as a nation open for business.
380
Huskisson’s Legacy
By Samuel Sidney
Samuel Sidney, a Victorian expert on Australian matters, explained how cutting tax and regulation on Britain’s global trade made everyone better off.
381
The Founding of Australia
By Clay Lane
Within little more than half a century a British penal colony turned into a prosperous, free-trade democracy.
382
How Liberating the Slaves also Clothed the Poor
Based on an article by Samuel Sidney
The closure of slave plantations following the Abolition of Slavery Act in 1833 had a curious side-effect.
383
Pirates at Penzance
The people of Penzance in Cornwall did not think an Algerian corsair much better than a French warship.
384
Burning Daylight
By Samuel Smiles
George Stephenson argued that his steam engines were solar-powered.
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