Given by John Blundell, the IEA’s Distinguished Senior Fellow, to the Mont Pelerin Society in Sydney, Australia, on 15 October 2010. Professor … Continue reading “Obituary – Professor Sir Alan Walters”

In the early 1960s, Chicago economist Milton Friedman travelled to Hong Kong to meet Sir John Cowperthwaite, the colony’s Financial … Continue reading “Switzerland has no official poverty statistics. So what?”

Alan Walters was an inspiring teacher with a broad interest in a variety of economic problems. He was especially interested … Continue reading “Reflections on Alan Walters and the Hong Kong currency board”