Steve Davies

Steve ou Stephen J. Davies, né le 4 février 1955, est maître de conférences au département d'Histoire Economique, à l'université Metropolitan à Manchester au Royaume-Uni et directeur académique de l'Institute of economic affairs à Londres. Ses recherches actuelles portent sur l'origine de la modernité et il met en valeur les apports de l'évolution de l'économie mondiale depuis le Moyen Age. Dans ses différentes interventions il s'est penché sur la théorie de l'impérialisme, pourquoi la taille de l'Etat a diminué au cours du 19ème siècle ainsi que sur l'histoire médiévale de la Chine.

Publications

• 1987, The Private supply of ‘Public Goods’ in nineteenth century Britain, Libertarian Alliance, Vol 7, n°6, août-septembre

• 1991, avec Nigel Ashford, dir., "A Dictionary of Conservative and Libertarian Thought", New York: Routledge

• 1993, Margaret Thatcher and the Rebirth of Conservatism, On Principle, vol 1, n°2, July

• 2001,
  • a. "Spencer’s Law: Another Reason Not to Worry. The Less of a Problem There Is, the More That Is Written about It", The Freeman, August, Vol 51, n°8
  • b. "Lessons of History: The Great Irish Famine. Who Is to Blame for This Great Disaster?", The Freeman, Septembre, Vol 51, n°9

• 2002,
  • a. Laissez-Faire Urban Planning, In: David Beito, Peter Gordon et Alexander Tabarrok, dir., The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society, Ch 2, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor
  • b. The Private Provision of Police During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, In: David Beito, Peter Gordon et Alexander Tabarrok, dir., The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society, Ch 7, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor
  • c. "Does Government Always Have to Grow?", The Freeman, Septembre, Vol 52

• 2003, Empiricism and History, Palgrave Macmillan

• 2004,
  • a. "From Pennsylvania to Verdun: Friedrich List and the Origins of World War I. Bad Economic Ideas Can Cause Massive Destruction", The Freeman, Janvier/Février, Vol 54, n°1
  • b. "Would the Poor Go Barefoot with a Private Shoe Industry? We Don't Need Government to Provide Essential Products and Services", The Freeman, Mai, Vol 54, n°5
  • c. "The Great Horse-Manure Crisis of 1894", The Freeman, Septembre, Vol 54, n°7
  • d. "A Man to Remember. Richard Cobden's Demands Had Long-Lasting Consequences in British Politics", The Freeman, Décembre, Vol 54, n°10

• 2005,
  • a. The Business Revolution of the Nineteenth Century. Corporations Created the Modern World, The Freeman, April, Vol 55, n°3
  • b. "The Persistent Influence of Bad Ideas. How J. A. Hobson's Ideas about Imperialism Became Common Wisdom", The Freeman, Juillet-août, Vol 55, n°6
  • c. "Warriors and Merchants. What This Historic Division Reveals about the Social Order We Inhabit", The Freeman, Novembre, Vol 55, n°9

• 2006,
  • a. "Free Trade: History and Perception", The Freeman, Vol 56, n°2, March, pp33-34
  • b. "The History of 'Underdevelopment'", The Freeman, Vol 56, n°5, June, pp32-33

• 2007,
  • a. avec Christopher J. Coyne, Empire: Public Goods and Bads, Econ Watch, Vol 4, n°1, janvier, pp3-45
  • b. avec Christopher J. Coyne, "Nineteen Public Bads of Empire, Nation Building, and the Like", The Independent Review, Vol 12, n°1, summer, pp129-132
  • c. "A Different Story", The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Janvier-Février, Vol 57, n°1, pp32-33
  • d. "Trade and Diversity", The Freeman, May, Vol 57, n°4, pp34-35

• 2008,
  • a. "General Introduction", In: Ronald Hamowy, dir., "The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism", Cato Institute/Sage Publications, ppXXV-XXXVII
  • b. "BURLAMAQUI, JEAN-JACQUES (1694–1748)", In: Ronald Hamowy, dir., "The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism", Cato Institute - Sage Publications, p44
  • c. "CAPITALISM", In: Ronald Hamowy, dir., "The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism", Cato Institute - Sage Publications, pp48-51
  • d. "CITIES", In: Ronald Hamowy, dir., "The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism", Cato Institute - Sage Publications, pp63-67
  • e. "CIVIL SOCIETY", In: Ronald Hamowy, dir., "The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism", Cato Institute - Sage Publications, pp67-69
  • f. "IMPERIALISM", In: Ronald Hamowy, dir., "The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism", Cato Institute - Sage Publications, pp237-239
  • g. "LIMITED GOVERNMENT", In: Ronald Hamowy, dir., "The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism", Cato Institute - Sage Publications, pp303-305
  • h. "MAGNA CARTA", In: Ronald Hamowy, dir., "The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism", Cato Institute - Sage Publications, pp313-314
  • i. "SLAVERY, WORLD", In: Ronald Hamowy, dir., "The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism", Cato Institute - Sage Publications, pp464-469

• 2009, The role of government, In: J. C. Lester, dir., A Beginner's guide tor Liberty, Adam Smith Institute, pp95-101

• 2010,
  • a. "The Economic Way of Thinking Makes a Comeback", The Freeman, septembre, vol 60, n°7, pp24-25
  • b. Lessons from the Scottish Enlightenment, The Freeman, December, Vol 60, n°10

• 2012,
  • a. "Are We Looking at the Wrong Depression?", The Freeman, March, vol 62, n°2, pp14-15 [lire en ligne]
  • b. "Our Economic Past ~ Middlemen and Markets", The Freeman, June, Vol 62, n°5, pp24-25
  • c. "The European Tragedy", The Freeman, September, Vol 62, n°7, pp18-21
  • d. "Our Economic Past ~ Clubs and Governments", The Freeman, October, Vol 62, n°8, pp14-15

Littérature secondaire

• 1992, William H. Peterson, Commentaire du livre dirigé par Nigel Ashford et Steve Davies, "A Dictionary of Conservative and Libertarian Thought", The Freeman, May, Vol 42, n°5, pp203-204

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