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David: New page: Graham Hutton,(born April 13 1904; died October 14 1988 aged 84) was a free market economist, journalist and former British propagandist. According to an obituary in the ''Guardian'': :A...

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New page: Graham Hutton,(born April 13 1904; died October 14 1988 aged 84) was a free market economist, journalist and former British propagandist. According to an obituary in the ''Guardian'': :A...

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Graham Hutton,(born April 13 1904; died October 14 1988 aged 84) was a free market economist, journalist and former British propagandist.

According to an obituary in the ''Guardian'':

:A graduate of the [[London School of Economics]] and of serveral continental universities, he was called to the bar in 1932 but did not take a legal career. Instead, he became a lecturer at the LSE at a time of intense public argument about policies to relieve the world depression. He soon tired of the academic platform and joined the staff of [[The Economist]] where his young friend, [[Geoffrey Crowther]], had just replaced [[Walter Layton]] as editor. Journalism suited Hutton's temperament. He wrote with verve and conviction. His experience of France, Germany and the Danubian countries gave him an early insight into the fatal drift towards war. Nor did he neglect his reporting duties: it was Graham Hutton with one or two ecomomist colleagues, who discovered and smashed the famous plot to corner the world's supply of pepper which was then centred in London.

:On the outbreak of war Hutton was given some work in the [[Foreign Office]] and then sent out to Chicago to open an office of the [[British Information Service]]. He was highly successful in making the British point of view in wartime known - and even understood - in the heartland of American isolationism. Back home he became an economic consultant to a British company but retained his freedom to write. With Geoffrey (later Lord) Crowther he published ''We Too Can Prosper'' (1953), an analysis of the reports of British productivity teams sent to the United States to compare industrial methods. The book exposed the weaknesses of British industry, and Hutton never ceased to speak and write on this subject, as late as 1980, and he never wavered in his view that salvation lay in unhampered private enterprise and freely working markets, rather than in any particular government policy. He made an exception: it was the job of the state to keep the currency sound. In ''Inflation and Society'' (1960), he warned of the destruction of social values wherever inflation has been allowed to slip out of control.<ref>RICHARD FRY 'Obituary of Graham Hutton: Markets, no meddling', ''The Guardian'' (London), October 18, 1988</ref>

==Notes==
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[[Category:British Propaganda|Hutton, Graham]]

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-Graham Hutton,(born April 13 1904; died October 14 1988 aged 84) was a free market economist, journalist and former British propagandist.
+'''(David) Graham Hutton''' (13 April 1904 - 14 October 1988) was a free market economist, journalist and former British propagandist.
 ==Early life==
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 ==Journalism==
-:In 1933, after French and German universities, Chatham House, a call to the bar, numerous articles and his first book, he became foreign editor of The Economist. The struggle against fascism was his main preoccupation. Although the editor, Walter Layton, was an enthusiast for the League of Nations, his colleagues had little first-hand knowledge of continental Europe. Hutton, with frequent travel and a network of continental friends and correspondents, provided authoritative coverage. He was convinced from 1933 that war was inevitable. Layton and his right-hand man, Geoffrey Crowther, hoped that reason might prevail with the dictators. In 1938, when Layton handed over the editorship, it was to Crowther.<ref>'A good friend' ''The Economist'', October 22, 1988, SECTION: World politics and current affairs; BRITAIN; Pg. 66 (U.K. Edition Pg. 52)</ref>
+<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">In 1933, after French and German universities, Chatham House, a call to the bar, numerous articles and his first book, he became foreign editor of The Economist. The struggle against fascism was his main preoccupation. Although the editor, Walter Layton, was an enthusiast for the League of Nations, his colleagues had little first-hand knowledge of continental Europe. Hutton, with frequent travel and a network of continental friends and correspondents, provided authoritative coverage. He was convinced from 1933 that war was inevitable. Layton and his right-hand man, Geoffrey Crowther, hoped that reason might prevail with the dictators. In 1938, when Layton handed over the editorship, it was to Crowther. <ref>'A good friend' ''The Economist'', 22 October 1988; p.52.</ref></blockquote>
 According to an obituary in the ''Guardian'':
-:He soon tired of the academic platform and joined the staff of [[The Economist]] where his young friend, [[Geoffrey Crowther]], had just replaced [[Walter Layton]] as editor. Journalism suited Hutton's temperament. He wrote with verve and conviction. His experience of France, Germany and the Danubian countries gave him an early insight into the fatal drift towards war. Nor did he neglect his reporting duties: it was Graham Hutton with one or two ecomomist colleagues, who discovered and smashed the famous plot to corner the world's supply of pepper which was then centred in London.<ref>RICHARD FRY 'Obituary of Graham Hutton: Markets, no meddling', ''The Guardian'' (London), October 18, 1988</ref>
+<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">He soon tired of the academic platform and joined the staff of [[The Economist]] where his young friend, [[Geoffrey Crowther]], had just replaced [[Walter Layton]] as editor. Journalism suited Hutton's temperament. He wrote with verve and conviction. His experience of France, Germany and the Danubian countries gave him an early insight into the fatal drift towards war. Nor did he neglect his reporting duties: it was Graham Hutton with one or two ecomomist colleagues, who discovered and smashed the famous plot to corner the world's supply of pepper which was then centred in London. <ref>Richard Fry, 'Obituary of Graham Hutton: Markets, no meddling', ''Guardian'', 18 October 1988.</ref></blockquote>
 ==British Propagandist==
-The Guardian noted:
+The ''Guardian'' noted:
 ==After the War - Free market advocate==
 'Back home', reports the ''guardian'' 'he became an economic consultant to a British company but retained his freedom to write. With Geoffrey (later Lord) Crowther he published ''We Too Can Prosper'' (1953), an analysis of the reports of British productivity teams sent to the United States to compare industrial methods. The book exposed the weaknesses of British industry, and Hutton never ceased to speak and write on this subject, as late as 1980, and he never wavered in his view that salvation lay in unhampered private enterprise and freely working markets, rather than in any particular government policy. He made an exception: it was the job of the state to keep the currency sound. In ''Inflation and Society'' (1960), he warned of the destruction of social values wherever inflation has been allowed to slip out of control.<ref>RICHARD FRY 'Obituary of Graham Hutton: Markets, no meddling', ''The Guardian'' (London), October 18, 1988</ref>
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 'Back home', reports the ''guardian'' 'he became an economic consultant to a British company but retained his freedom to write. With Geoffrey (later Lord) Crowther he published ''We Too Can Prosper'' (1953), an analysis of the reports of British productivity teams sent to the United States to compare industrial methods. The book exposed the weaknesses of British industry, and Hutton never ceased to speak and write on this subject, as late as 1980, and he never wavered in his view that salvation lay in unhampered private enterprise and freely working markets, rather than in any particular government policy. He made an exception: it was the job of the state to keep the currency sound. In ''Inflation and Society'' (1960), he warned of the destruction of social values wherever inflation has been allowed to slip out of control.<ref>RICHARD FRY 'Obituary of Graham Hutton: Markets, no meddling', ''The Guardian'' (London), October 18, 1988</ref>
-The Economist reports:
+''The Economist'' reports:
-:After the war... he argued no less vigorously for a free-market economy. His "We Too Can Prosper", written in 1953 with Crowther, used the lessons learned by British productivity teams in the United States to highlight the errors of British industry. He was a stalwart of the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]] long before its free-market ideas became fashionable.<ref>'A good friend' ''The Economist'', October 22, 1988, SECTION: World politics and current affairs; BRITAIN; Pg. 66 (U.K. Edition Pg. 52)</ref>
+<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">After the war... he argued no less vigorously for a free-market economy. His "We Too Can Prosper", written in 1953 with Crowther, used the lessons learned by British productivity teams in the United States to highlight the errors of British industry. He was a stalwart of the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]] long before its free-market ideas became fashionable. <ref>'A good friend' ''The Economist'', 22 October 1988; p.52.</ref></blockquote>
 ==Notes==
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 [[Category:British Propaganda|Hutton, Graham]]