Against the Flow: Reflections of an Individualist

by Samuel Brittan

Samuel Brittan has been one of the Financial Times' leading columnists for nearly thirty years. He has also advised numerous Chancellors of the Exchequer on economic policy. Against the Flow collects the most important of these writings from the last three decades. Brittan has established a reputation for elegance of expression, trenchant analysis and tremendous range of reference. All three qualities are powerfully apparent in this collection, as he ranges over the arms trade and US military (which he opposes); the expansion of free markets and a basic income for all (which he supports), as wall as the war on terror, The book also includes his pungent portraits of some heroes and villans, including Keynes, Milton Friedman & Taken together the pieces in Against the Flow amount to a robust defence of classic liberalism.

Genres: Politics, Economics

304 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Gerry · Rating 4 out of 5]

I always have found Sam Brittans books to be interesting and thought provoking whether I agree with him or not entirely

[Gokul Plaha · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very far sighted book - it espoused NGDP targeting when Greenspan was still at the helm of the Fed, and everyone was dancing to the music of a juicy world economy