Manchester School of economics

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classical liberal movement economic school of thought

The Manchester School of economics was a 19th-century British liberal economic movement that championed free trade, laissez-faire policies, and minimal government intervention in markets.

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instanceOf classical liberal movement ⓘ
economic school of thought ⓘ
advocatesPolicy balanced government budgets ⓘ
low taxation ⓘ
non-interventionist foreign policy ⓘ
associatedWith Anti-Corn Law League NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manchester Chamber of Commerce NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manchester Guardian NERFINISHED ⓘ
corePrinciple belief in harmony of economic interests ⓘ
non-interference of the state in markets ⓘ
opposition to the Corn Laws ⓘ
support for peace through trade ⓘ
unilateral free trade ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
emergedInContextOf Industrial Revolution in Britain ⓘ
debate over Corn Laws ⓘ
field economics ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Manchester School NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manchester liberal school NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Harriet Martineau NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Bright NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard Cobden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas Perronet Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ
William J. Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped entrench free trade in 19th-century British policy ⓘ
major force in repeal of the Corn Laws ⓘ
ideology economic liberalism ⓘ
free trade ⓘ
laissez-faire ⓘ
minimal government intervention ⓘ
influenced 19th-century free trade movements ⓘ
British liberalism ⓘ
Cobden–Chevalier Treaty advocacy ⓘ
influencedBy Adam Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
David Ricardo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Say NERFINISHED ⓘ
classical economics ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
movementPeriod 19th century ⓘ
opposes protectionism ⓘ
state intervention in the economy ⓘ
tariff barriers ⓘ
politicalOrientation liberal ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
viewOnLaborRegulation opposes extensive labor market regulation ⓘ
viewOnWelfare skeptical of state welfare provision ⓘ

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Richard Cobden → movement → Manchester School of economics ⓘ
Young England movement → opposedTo → Manchester School of economics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manchester School economics