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Halles Market. 1110. Paris site of pillory. Covered 1854-6. Moved 1969.
Baltard, Victor. 1805-74. French architect. First to employ metal girders: Les Halles. St-Augustine’s Church.
Beaufort, François. 1616-69. Adored Fronde general. King of Halles.
Agora. Greek open-air market/meeting place.
Black Friday. Sept 24, 1869. Fisk corners gold. US market collapses.
Economic Crisis. 1873. Vienna stock market collapse leads to protectionism, Depression.
Fisk, James. 1834-72. Flamboyant US financier. Attempt to corner gold market led to Black Friday 1869.
Free Enterprise. Capitalist economic doctrine of a market free from government control.
Haymarket Riot. 1886. Anarchist bomb kills 7 police at Chicago labour demonstration.
Heath, Edward. 1916-. British Conservative Prime Minister 1970-4. Common Market.
Knights of Labor. 1869-1917. Secret (-1879) US anti-capitalist labour organization. Haymarket. AFL.
Laissez-Faire. Motto of 19C liberals calling for free markets and trade. Smith. “Laissez-faire, laissez-passer, laissez-aller”-Legendre 1680.
Monnet, Jean. 1888-1979. French economist. “Father of Common Market”.
Russell, Frances. 1593-1641. Covent Garden market.