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George Paish

British economist (1867–1957) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Quick Facts Sir George Paish, Born ...

He was the assistant editor of The Statist magazine from 1894 to 1900[8] and later became the editor.[9]

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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]

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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)
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References

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