The Pros And Cons Of Establishing The Corn Laws

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The Parliament, by establishing the Corn Laws had not one, but two goals: “prevent the grain from being at any time, either so dear that the poor cannot subsist, or so cheap that the farmer cannot live by growing of it.” (C. Smith, 1932). As said before, during the Napoleonic wars (1803-1815), Corn prices were high because the import from Europe was not possible, which was, of course, profitable for the landowners, but obviously not for the people. However, when the peace arrived, the prices plummeted. And the Parliament reacted by establishing the Corn Laws, which aimed to put taxes on foreign grain in 1815 (W.S. Wilson & G. Herman, 2004). “It sought to fasten on a country at peace the protection furnished by a generation of war. ‘Rapid population

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