Bagehot

American  

[baj-uht] / ˈbædʒ ət /

noun

1. Walter, 1826–77, English economist, political journalist, and critic.

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Bagehot British  

/ ˈbædʒət /

noun

1. Walter . 1826–77, English economist and journalist: editor of The Economist ; author of The English Constitution (1867) Physics and Politics (1872), and Lombard Street (1873)

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Example Sentences

The government held, and Hamilton got the economy running again using Bagehot’s dictum External link: “Lend freely, at a penalty rate, against good collateral.”

From Barron's

The government held, and Hamilton got the economy running again using Bagehot’s dictum External link: “Lend freely, at a penalty rate, against good collateral.”

From Barron's

The British monarchy, according to the Victorian writer Walter Bagehot, “is commonly hidden like a mystery, and sometimes paraded like a pageant.”

From New York Times

The British sage Walter Bagehot wrote that monarchy runs on a magic that cannot stand the scrutiny of daylight.

From Washington Post

Some 150 years ago, the acclaimed constitutional writer Walter Bagehot wrote that the British monarchy needed reverence and mystery.

From Reuters