A Conversation with Harris and Seldon (Occasional Paper, 116) - Hardcover

Harris, Ralph; Seldon, Arthur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0255364989 ISBN 13: 9780255364980

Publisher: Institute of Economic Affairs, 2001

Synopsis

From the mid 1950s to the late 1980s, Ralph Harris and Arthur Seldon, as general director and editorial director respectively of the IEA, battled against a conventional wisdom which was hostile to markets. Eventually, by force of argument, they overcame much of the resistance to market ideas, and in the process established the Institute's formidable influence in shaping both opinion and policy. This Occasional Paper begins with a transcript of a conversation with Harris and Seldon which provides many insights into how they worked and what obstacles they encountered. Eight distinguished scholars, each familiar with the work of the Institute, then provide commentaries which assess its influence on thinking and the challenge to government which it constituted during the Harris/Seldon years.

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About the Author

Ralph Harris was formerly Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs and was instrumental in providing the ideas and intellectual entrepreneurship that sparked the 'Thatcher revolution' of the 1980s. Arthur Seldon was the Editorial Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs from the late 1950s until the later 1980s. At the IEA, he directed a publishing programme that included some of the world's most eminent economists, including FA Hayek and Milton Friedman. Arthur Seldon was a prolific author and one of the most influential economists of the late twentieth century.

Edition details

• Publisher: Institute of Economic Affairs
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0255364989
• ISBN 13: 9780255364980
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96