George Paish
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Sir George Paish (7 November 1867 – 1 May 1957)[1][2] was a British liberal economist of international renown,[3] author of The Defeat of Chaos (1941), as well as Railways in Great Britain (1904), and co-author of Road To Prosperity in 1927.[4] He advocated the free market prior to the First World War,[5] and was at one point advisor to the head of the British Treasury.[6] He also served for a time as co-president of the Anglo-Ethiopian Society.[7]
He was the assistant editor of The Statist magazine from 1894 to 1900[8] and later became the editor.[9]
Family
Paish was born in Horsham, Sussex, on 7 November 1867, the son of Robert and Jane Paish; his father was a coachman. He married Emily Mary Whitehead on 24 March 1894, and they had five sons.[1] One of the sons was Frank Walter Paish, also an economist.[5] His wife died in 1933, and Paish married again on 30 September 1936 to Anita Carolyn Rouse.[1] Paish died on 1 May 1957 in a nursing home at Wexham in Buckinghamshire.[1]
Politics
He was active for the Liberal Party and stood three times for them as a parliamentary candidate, in 1922 and 1935. In June 1936, he was elected to serve on the Liberal Party Council.[10]
Honours and awards
On 1 July 1912 Paish was conferred the honour of a Knighthood in the King's birthday honours.[11]
Books
Paish was the author of the following books:[4]
- British Railway Position (1902)
- Railways of Great Britain (1904)
- Railways of the United States (1913)
- Capital Investments in Other Lands (1909 and 1910)
- Saving and Social Welfare (1911)
- The Economics of Reparation (1921)
- The Road to Prosperity (1927)
- World Economic Suicide (1929)
- The Way to Recovery (1931)
- The Way Out (1937)
- The World Danger (1939)
- The Defeat of Chaos (1941)
- World Restoration (1944)
- Sound Currency (1946)
- The Future of the £ (1948)
- The World of Danger (1949)
See also
- Wall Street crash of 1929
- Manchester Exchange (UK Parliament constituency)
- Glasgow Central (UK Parliament constituency)
- Anglo-Ethiopian Society
References
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- ^ a b c d Roger Middleton, 'Paish, Sir George (1867–1957)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004 accessed 16 Aug 2010 (subscription needed)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."openlibrary.org". openlibrary.org. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.(By E. Vivian Hall .) (2 October 1933). "nzetc.org". nzetc.org. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."arthurseldon.org". arthurseldon.org. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."chalre.com". chalre.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."anglo-ethiopian.org". anglo-ethiopian.org. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."probertencyclopaedia.com". probertencyclopaedia.com. 28 October 2006. Archived from the original on 8 May 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.[ Displaying Abstract ] (2 March 2011). "New York Times". Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ The Liberal Magazine, 1936
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External links
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- Works by George Paish, at Internet Archive
- Works by George Paish, at HathiTrust
- Sir George Paish: Ambassador of Free Trade
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