Bagehot
Americannoun
noun
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What Bagehot actually said was that a central bank must face down a panic by lending freely at a high rate of interest to solvent banks against good collateral.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Some 150 years ago, the acclaimed constitutional writer Walter Bagehot wrote that the British monarchy needed reverence and mystery.
From Reuters ● Jan. 10, 2023
The interactions between what the 19th century writer Walter Bagehot described as the "dignified" and "efficient" elements of a constitution - illustrated in the UK's model of governance.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2022
The 19th-century writer Walter Bagehot famously wrote that any constitutional system needs two parts — one “dignified,” the other “efficient.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
Hazlitt has long appealed to men of vigorous character and acute intellect, men like Landor, Froude, Walter Bagehot, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Ernest Henley, who have either proclaimed his praise or flattered him with imitation.
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob
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