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. AnonymousJune 15, 2012 at 2:33 PM

    By a protokeynesian called Paul Cookman?

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  2. Jonathan Finegold CatalánJune 15, 2012 at 2:35 PM

    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. Daniel KuehnJune 15, 2012 at 2:42 PM

      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. AnonymousJune 16, 2012 at 11:32 AM

      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. CurrentJune 15, 2012 at 4:31 PM

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

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  4. gcallahJune 16, 2012 at 10:26 AM

    The salmon mousse?

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  5. John pJune 16, 2012 at 11:16 AM

    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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