Joseph Lowe
Economist, Author
– 1831
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Who was Joseph Lowe?
Joseph Lowe was a Scottish journalist and political economist. He is now known for his pioneer treatment of indexation, and Maurice Kendall called him the generally recognised "father of index numbers".
In the debate on the Corn Laws in 1839, Sir Robert Peel cited the views of Lowe and Thomas Tooke, to argue against imposing a low fixed rate of import duty on corn.
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