MASSIE, Joseph.

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Reasons humbly offered Against laying any farther Tax upon Malt or Beer, First edition of this economic tract protesting against the proposed increase in beer duties by the Pitt-Newcastle government. Joseph Massie (d. 1784), an economic theorist and statistician, was closely associated with Pitt during the 1750s, yet retained enough independence as an analyst to criticize this piece of government policy. Massie's tract contains some interesting information as to the state and size of the beer industry in Georgian Britain: for instance, "The Quantity of small Beer annually brewed for Sale in England and Wales, is about Two Millions Three Hundred Thousand Barrels" (p. 6).

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