Eamonn Butler

"La ricchezza delle nazioni" è uno dei più importanti libri che siano mai stati scritti. Adam Smith ha dimostrato come la divisione del lavoro e la conseguente specializzazione siano essenziali per la crescita economica e per migliorare il tenore di... Lire la suite

Che cos'è il liberalismo classico? Perché si usa quest'aggettivo, "classico", nel distinguerlo da teorizzazioni più recenti? Quali sono le grandi battaglie, i grandi autori, le grandi idee che caratterizzano questa famiglia della storia del pensiero... Lire la suite

This primer aims to provide a straightforward introduction to the principles, personalities and key developments in classical liberalism. It is designed for students and lay readers who may understand the general concepts of social, political and... Lire la suite

Entrepreneurs play a pivotal role in boosting progress, productivity and prosperity. They drive economic growth and create new opportunities. Their innovations transform people’s lives. Yet their enormous contribution is not widely understood – and... Lire la suite

Che cos'è il liberalismo? Quali sono i suoi principali pensatori? E come si sono trasformate le idee liberali nel corso degli anni? La tradizione di pensiero incentrata sulla libertà individuale ha avuto nel tempo numerosi interpreti. Le loro vite e... Lire la suite

101 grandes pensadores liberais, de Eamonn Butler, é um guia conciso que traça a evolução do pensamento liberal, apresentando perfis incisivos e acessíveis de pensadores que variam desde os mais distantes pensadores da antiguidade, de 600 a. C, até... Lire la suite

"One of the most important economic thinkers of all time..." - Paul Krugman Milton Friedman changed the world. From free markets in China to the flat taxes of Eastern Europe, from the debate on drugs to interest rate policy, Friedman's skill for... Lire la suite

La parola "capitalismo" viene di solito utilizzata con un'accezione negativa. La maggior parte dei testi che ne parlano contiene descrizioni fuorvianti e confuse. Persino chi guarda con favore all'economia di mercato spesso è più propenso a... Lire la suite

Poucos intelectuais são tão influentes quanto Ayn Rand. Quase 40 anos após a sua morte, seu pensamento continua a soar como algo profético, como uma lição que precisamos rever a todo momento.. Exaltando o valor do indivíduo, a autoestima e o direito... Lire la suite

Drily witty, based on 9 years of research from the vantage point of the Adam Smith Institute, Britain's oldest and most prestigious think tank, "The Rotten State of Britain" describes it as it is: under Gordon Brown leadership, Britain has achieved... Lire la suite

This book is an accessible exploration of the life and work of Friedrich Hayek: Nobel economist, social theorist, influential critic of socialism and the man who arguably changed the course of Western history thanks to his effect on both Margaret... Lire la suite

Taxes. Why do we pay them? What benefits do they bring? What damage do they cause? And how could they work better? Here, author Eamonn Butler provides a jargon-free guide to taxation, its history, its aims and purposes, and its impact on individuals... Lire la suite

School of Thought – 101 Great Liberal Thinkers profiles the lives and ideas of some of the leading thinkers on individual liberty – from ancient times to the present day. Award-winning author Eamonn Butler outlines key elements of liberal thought... Lire la suite

International trade has created a highly interdependent world. Everyday products – such as phones, trainers or cars – are designed, manufactured and assembled across several different countries, by countless different companies, both large and small... Lire la suite

What is democracy? How does it work? What are its strengths – and its shortcomings? Two-thirds of the world’s population, in over 100 countries, live under governments that claim to be democratic. Yet few of those governments live up to the ideals... Lire la suite

If you could instantly make the world’s poor twice as rich – but at the same time make the world’s rich twice as prosperous – wouldn’t you do it? This intriguing question lies at the core of An Introduction to Economic Inequality. Inequality has... Lire la suite

The Mont Pelerin Society is an august, admired, yet strangely enigmatic organisation. Perhaps that’s because it holds no official views, formulates no policies and publishes no manifestos. Or because it doesn’t publicise the results of its... Lire la suite

In this new myth busting book Director of the Adam Smith Institute Eamon Butler describes how it is by looking to the markets, rather than to the politicians, that we will return to prosperity. Butler decribes how the free market harnesses self... Lire la suite

Fondata da Carl Menger a Vienna nella seconda metà dell'Ottocento, la Scuola austriaca di economia (che è detta "austriaca" anche se ormai i suoi maggiori autori vengono da altri Paesi) ha interpretato e continua a interpretare orientamenti quanto... Lire la suite

Few 20th century intellectuals have been as influential – and controversial – as the novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand. Her thinking still has a profound impact, particularly on those who come to it through her novels, Atlas Shrugged and The... Lire la suite