London is a city at the heart of many developments in the history of economics, statistics and thought on
society. In the heart of London you can see locations of
the coffee house where Adam Smith discussed drafts of The Wealth of Nations
the synagogue which David Ricardo attended as a youth
the meeting rooms where Ricardo, Robert Malthus, James Mill and others convened to debate the emerging science of political economy
the guest house where a fraught meeting between David Hume and Jean-Jacques Rousseau precipitated a rupture in their friendship
the gardens where John Law killed a man in a duel, before standing trial for murder and fleeing the country
the house destroyed by fire where Richard Cantillon may have been murdered
the university where Jeremy Bentham's dressed skeleton and the museum where Charles Babbage's preserved brain remain on public display
the public house where Karl Marx lectured and the library where he worked
the graveyard where Thomas Bayes is buried
the street where Alfred Marshall was born
the college where Stanley Jevons studied and later taught
the houses where John Maynard Keynes socialised with other members of the Bloomsbury set
For more on these and over 200 other spots of interest, try these sixteen Economics Walks.
** This is a work in progress. Comments and corrections welcome **
