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
Victorian-era economist and essayist Walter Bagehot would very strongly disapprove.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2022
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
So sound and penetrating a critic as Walter Bagehot became an earnest convert, and in Bagehot’s writings Mr. Birrell has pointed out more than one resemblance to Hazlitt.
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob
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