De ware beginselen van het staatskrediet

Abstract

The true principles of state credit. Louis Drucker, a liftetime of opposition Louis Drucker (1805-1884) was an extremely wealthy investor, financial specialist and publicist. He contributed to the debates about the financial policy of the Netherlands at a time when the liberal opposition was pushing for a more democratic form of government. His liberal approach was primarily concerned with property rights and the legal surety of the state lender. Struggling for this he helped the radical liberal opposition with advice and came into contact with the values and norms of the circles that defended the world of their old regent elite. This written portrait of a relative loner on the Dutch financial-political scene inspires further research into the relationship between political culture and economic governance in the period 1840-1880, also from an international perspective.