Book contents
- The Price of Bread
- Cambridge Studies in Economic History
- The Price of Bread
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Preface
- Note on the Online Database
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I The Regulatory Regime: Protecting the Consumer and Strengthening the State
- Part II Industrial Organization: The Producers in a Regulated Industry
- Part III Consumer Welfare and Consumer Choice
- Part IV Perspective and Demise
- Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 April 2019
Book contents
- The Price of Bread
- Cambridge Studies in Economic History
- The Price of Bread
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Preface
- Note on the Online Database
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I The Regulatory Regime: Protecting the Consumer and Strengthening the State
- Part II Industrial Organization: The Producers in a Regulated Industry
- Part III Consumer Welfare and Consumer Choice
- Part IV Perspective and Demise
- Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Beginning in the 1770s, a theoretical critique of the Dutch regulatory-fiscal regime began to emerge. Adam Smith puzzled over Dutch policies and the Classical critique was adopted, opportunistically, by the Patriot political movement in the Revolutionary era. However, the regulatory-fiscal regime proved resilient. It not only survived the revolutionary upheavals but was strengtened in several respects. A new critique, led by political Liberals, succeeded in bringing both price regulation and bread taxation to an end in 1855. This chapter explores both the critics and the defenders, and concludes by exploring the effects of the 1855 "big bang" of deregulation.
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- The Price of BreadRegulating the Market in the Dutch Republic, pp. 451 - 455Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019