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Josiah Child (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the father of English stock-jobbing: he attacked the usurers' monopoly as off-the-peg tailors attack bespoke ones, and as autocrat of the East India Company defended its monopoly in the name of free trade.