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Events • September 18, 2019 

# *Bagehot: The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian*

James Grant’s new book,*Bagehot: The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian*, tells the story of Walter Bagehot — a 19th century banker, an essayist, and a former editor of*The Economist*. Born in a small town in late-Georgian England, Bagehot became one of the most influential figures in Victorian-era finance and politics. Indeed, thanks to his celebrated 1873 treatise,*Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market*, Bagehot remains influential today, not just in England but in financial centers everywhere.*Lombard Street*is a work to which all modern central bankers pay homage, even if they often fail to heed its advice.

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