Stephen Davies
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Nationality: English
Historical Period: The 20th Century and Beyond
Stephen Davies is education director at the Institute of Economic Affairs in London. Previously he was program officer at the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) at George Mason University. He joined IHS from the United Kingdom, where he was senior lecturer in the department of history and economic history at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has also been a visiting scholar at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University, Ohio. A historian, he graduated from St. Andrews University in Scotland in 1976 and gained his Ph.D. from the same institution in 1984. He has authored several books, including Empiricism and History (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003), and was coeditor with Nigel Ashford of The Dictionary of Conservative and Libertarian Thought (Routledge, 1991).
Contributed to:
- Stephen Davies, "The Levellers and the Emergence of (Some) Modern Political Ideas" (November 2019)
- Is there a Role for Monarchy in a Free Society (January/February 2023)
- Stephen Davies, "Richard Cobden: Ideas and Strategies in Organizing the Free-Trade Movement in Britain" (January 2015)
- David M. Hart, "On the Spread of (Classical) Liberal Ideas" (March 2015)
- David M. Hart, “Classical Liberalism and the Problem of Class” (November 2016)
- John Blundell, "Arthur Seldon and the Institute of Economic Affairs" (November 2013)