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Sir Matthew Decker, 1st Baronet (1679 – 18 March 1749) (Dutch: Mattijs Decker) of Richmond Green in Surrey, was a Dutch-born English merchant and economist who served as a Member of Parliament for Bishop's Castle in Shropshire from 1719 to 1722. He was a governor of the South Sea Company from 1711 to 1712, and a Director of the East India Company from 1713 to 1743. His published works show him as "such a strong supporter of the doctrine of free trade as to rank as one of the most important forerunners of Adam Smith", proposed amongst other measures, to abolish customs duties and replace them with a tax upon houses, to abolish the duty on tea replacing it with a licence duty on households wishing to consume it, and to repeal import duties and bounties in general. At his house in Richmond, h

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  • ماثيو ديكر (ar)
  • Matthew Decker (fr)
  • Matthew Decker (en)
  • Matthew Decker (sv)
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  • ماثيو ديكر هو اقتصادي وشخصية أعمال وسياسي هولندي، ولد في 1679 في أمستردام في هولندا، وتوفي في 18 مارس 1749 في لندن في المملكة المتحدة. انتخب عضو مجلس الشعب في برلمان بريطانيا العظمى. (ar)
  • Sir Matthew Decker, 1er baronnet (1679 - 18 mars 1749) est un marchand, écrivain et homme politique anglais, qui siège à la Chambre des communes de 1719 à 1722. (fr)
  • Matthew Decker, född 1679, död 18 mars 1749, var en brittisk köpman och nationalekonom. Decker har i de båda arbeten som tillskrivits honom, Serious considerations on the high duties (1743) och Decline of the foreign trade (1744), föreslagit en omläggning av skattesystemet, så att tullarna borttogs och en skärpt direkt beskattning infördes. Dessutom skulle avgifter för konsumtion av vissa icke oumbärliga varor upptas. (sv)
  • Sir Matthew Decker, 1st Baronet (1679 – 18 March 1749) (Dutch: Mattijs Decker) of Richmond Green in Surrey, was a Dutch-born English merchant and economist who served as a Member of Parliament for Bishop's Castle in Shropshire from 1719 to 1722. He was a governor of the South Sea Company from 1711 to 1712, and a Director of the East India Company from 1713 to 1743. His published works show him as "such a strong supporter of the doctrine of free trade as to rank as one of the most important forerunners of Adam Smith", proposed amongst other measures, to abolish customs duties and replace them with a tax upon houses, to abolish the duty on tea replacing it with a licence duty on households wishing to consume it, and to repeal import duties and bounties in general. At his house in Richmond, h (en)
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