CLASSICAL LIBERALISM

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Eamonn BUTLERForeword by Stephen DaviesCLASSICAL LIBERALISMA PRIMERClassical LIBERALISM A PrimerCLASSICAL LIBERALISM A PRIMEREAMONN BUTLER First published in Great Britain in 2015 byThe Institute of Economic Affairs2 Lord North StreetWestminsterLondon SW1P 3LBin association with London Publishing Partnership mission of the Institute of Economic Affairs is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets in solving economic and social The Institute of Economic Affairs 2015The moral right of the author has been rights reserved.

much contemporary discourse. This work does an excellent job of describing simply and clearly what classical liberalism is, and also of de-scribing by inference what it is not. Clearly, it is distinct from socialism and other forms of egalitarian collectiv-ism such as social democracy and social or ‘new’ liberal-ism.

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