Eamonn Butler (born 1953) is a British economist. He is the co-founder and Director of the
Adam Smith Institute
The Adam Smith Institute (ASI) is a neoliberal UK-based think tank and lobbying group, named after Adam Smith, a Scottish moral philosopher and classical economist. The libertarian label was officially changed to neoliberal on 10 October 20 ...
.
Early life
Eamonn Butler was born in 1953. His brother is
Stuart Butler
Stuart M. Butler (born 1947) is a Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. Until 2014, he was Director of the Center for Policy Innovation at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank in Washington, D.C. He is a h ...
.
[Michael David Kandiah, Anthony Seldon, ''Ideas and Think Tanks in Contemporary Britain'', Routledge, 2014, Volume 1, pp. 73-7]
/ref> He graduated from the University of St Andrews
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Career
Butler worked on pensions and welfare issues for the United States House of Representatives
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, before returning to the UK where he served as editor of the ''British Insurance Broker Monthly''.
He co-founded the Adam Smith Institute
The Adam Smith Institute (ASI) is a neoliberal UK-based think tank and lobbying group, named after Adam Smith, a Scottish moral philosopher and classical economist. The libertarian label was officially changed to neoliberal on 10 October 20 ...
in London with his brother Stuart and Madsen Pirie, both graduates from the University of St Andrews.Hayek Hayek, Hayki or AlHayki is a surname:
* As a variant spelling of the Czech name Hájek, which originally meant "a grove", it commonly occurs in Czech place names. It occurs among Polish Jews in a Polish language spelling as ''Chajek''.
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: His Contribution to the Economic and Political Thought of Our Time''; ''Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman (; July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the ...
: A Guide to his Economic Thought''; ''Ludwig von Mises
Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (; 29 September 1881 – 10 October 1973) was an Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and sociologist. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the societal contributions of classical liberalism. He is ...
: A Primer''; ''Ludwig von Mises
Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (; 29 September 1881 – 10 October 1973) was an Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and sociologist. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the societal contributions of classical liberalism. He is ...
: Fountainhead of the Modern Microeconomics Revolution''. Additionally, he has contributed extensively to national magazines and newspapers such as ''The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' ...
'' on subjects ranging from health policy, economic management, taxation and public spending, transport, pensions, and e-government.
He served as the Secretary on the 2012–14 Board of Directors of the Mont Pelerin Society
The Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) is an international organization composed of economists, philosophers, historians, intellectuals and business leaders. Michael Novak, 'The Moral Imperative of a Free Economy', in '' The 4% Solution: Unleashing the ...
.
He received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University ( gd, Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute, and subsequently granted uni ...
in 2012.
Bibliography
*''Ayn Rand: An Introduction'', 2018
*''The Condensed Wealth of Nations'', Eamonn Butler, 2011
*''Milton Friedman: A Concise Guide to the Ideas and Influence of the Free-Market Economist'', Eamonn Butler, 2011
*''Austrian Economics: A Primer'', Eamonn Butler, 2010
*''Ludwig Von Mises: A Primer'', Eamonn Butler, 2010
*''The Alternative Manifesto'', Eamonn Butler, 2010
*''Hayek: His Contribution to the Political and Economic Thought of Our Time'', Eamonn Butler & Jeff Riggenbach, 2010 (Audiobook)
*''Ludwig Von Mises: Fountainhead of the Modern Microeconomics Revolution'', Eamonn Butler & Jeff Riggenbach, 2010 (Audiobook)
*''The Rotten State of Britain'', Eamonn Butler, 2009
*''The Best Book on the Market'', Eamonn Butler, 2008
*''Adam Smith - A Primer'', Eamonn Butler, 2007
*''The Future of the NHS'', Eamonn Butler, 2006
References
External links
Eamonn Butler website
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1953 births
Living people
People from London
Alumni of the University of St Andrews
British economists