Friday, June 15, 2012

Did you know Richard Cantillon was murdered by his cook?

Posted by dkuehn at 2:29 PM
I did not until today.

8 comments:

  1. By a protokeynesian called Paul Cookman?

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  2. It's actually not known how he died. It is widely believe that he died in a fire. Some believe he escaped to Suriname and lived under a different name.

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    1. Look, there's an obscure reference in a quote shared by Hayek about a murder.

      I'm really not sure how much more proof you need than that!

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    2. Lionel Robbins also claims his murder by his valet(not cook) in his History of Thought lectures at the LSE.

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  3. I've heard before that he was murdered, though not who by.

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  5. It's been claimed that he fabricated his own death to end a lot of litigation and yes, apparently some personal papers of his were found in Surinam years later

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