The Economist: The Political, Commercial, Agricultural, and Free Trade Journal (1843-)

 

 

Introduction

The editors of The Economist in its early yesaars (1843-1860) have been:

• James Wilson (1805-1860) 1843–1857 (Herbert Spencer was sub-editor from 1848 to 1853)
• Richard Holt Hutton (1805-1860) 1857–1861
• Walter Bagehot (1826-1877) 1861–1877

We plan to collect the essays and editorial matter which appeared in each issue and link to them from here. The issues were organized into the following volumes:

The Economist: The Political, Commercial, Agricultural, and Free Trade Journal

 

• vol. 1: 1843
  • Preliminary Number and Prospectus. August, 1843 [PDF 1.4 MB] and HTML.
• 1844
• 1845
• 1846
• 1847 Jan-Jun
• 1847 Jul-Dec
• 1848 Jan-Jun
• 1848 Jul-Dec
• 1849 Jan-Jun
• 1849 Jul-Dec
• 1850 Jan-Jun
• 1850 Jul-Dec
• 1851 Jan-Jun
• 1851 Jul-Dec
• 1852 Jan-Jun
• 1852 Jul-Dec
• 1853 Jan-Jun
• 1853 Jul-Dec
• 1854 Jan-Jun
• 1854 Jul-Dec
• 1855 Jan-Jun
• 1855 Jul-Dec
• 1856 Jan-Jun
• 1856 Jul-Dec
• 1858 Jan-Jun
• 1858 Jul-Dec
• 1859 Jan-Jun
• 1859 Jul-Dec
• 1860 Jan-Jun
• 1860 Jul-Dec

 

 

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