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		+	[[Image:Madsen Pirie in The Trap.JPG\|right\|thumb\|300px\|Madsen Pirie in Adam Curtis's 2007 documentary ''The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom''. Pirie describes the neoliberal reforms of the public sector as releasing people's creativity and creating pride in their targets.]]
	'''Dr (Duncan) Madsen Pirie''' is President of the [[Adam Smith Institute]], and was one of the Institute's three founders in 1977. Pirie is a graduate of the universities of [[Edinburgh University\|Edinburgh]], [[St Andrews University\|St Andrews]] and [[Pembroke College, Cambridge\|Pembroke College]] [[University of Cambridge\|Cambridge]]. Following this Pirie moved to the United States where he worked for the [[House of Representatives]] in Washington DC, and was Distinguished Visiting Professor of Logic and Philosophy at [[Hillsdale College]] in Michigan.		'''Dr (Duncan) Madsen Pirie''' is President of the [[Adam Smith Institute]], and was one of the Institute's three founders in 1977. Pirie is a graduate of the universities of [[Edinburgh University\|Edinburgh]], [[St Andrews University\|St Andrews]] and [[Pembroke College, Cambridge\|Pembroke College]] [[University of Cambridge\|Cambridge]]. Following this Pirie moved to the United States where he worked for the [[House of Representatives]] in Washington DC, and was Distinguished Visiting Professor of Logic and Philosophy at [[Hillsdale College]] in Michigan.

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 ==Publications==
-Pirie is author of several books including "How to Win Every Argument", "The Book of the Fallacy", "Micropolitics", "Privatisation in Theory and Practice" and "Blueprint for a Revolution". With his colleague Dr. [[Eamonn Butler]], he has co- authored a series of books on [[IQ]], including "The Sherlock Holmes IQ Book".
+Pirie is author of several books including ''How to Win Every Argument'', ''The Book of the Fallacy'', ''Micropolitics'', ''Privatisation in Theory and Practice'' and ''Blueprint for a Revolution''. With his colleague Dr. [[Eamonn Butler]], he has co- authored a series of books on IQ, including ''The Sherlock Holmes IQ Book''.
 ==Affiliations==

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 ==Affiliations==
 *[[Taxpayers' Alliance]]
-==References, Resources and Contact===
+*[[Adam Smith Institute]]
-===External links===
+==References, Resources and Contact==
-*[http://www.adamsmith.org/ Adam Smith Institute]
+===Resources===
 *[http://www.madsenpirie.com/ Madsen Pirie Homepage]
 ==References==
+#{{note|Pearce}} Ed Pearce '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,,526796,00.html The prophet of private profit]' Dr Madsen Pirie is a head of the Adam Smith Institute, and a passionate advocate of a free market in practically everything. Yet Guardian readers might still like the man, ''Guardian Unlimited'', 19 April 1993.
-#{{note|Pearce}} Ed Pearce '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,,526796,00.html The prophet of private profit]' Dr Madsen Pirie is a head of the Adam Smith Institute, and a passionate advocate of a free market in practically everything. Yet Guardian readers might still like the man, ''Guardian Unlimited'', Monday April 19, 1993.
+#{{note|Pirie}} Madsen Pirie '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1072-2233108,00.html Big business — it's mankind's biggest boon]' If large corporations are greedy and dishonest, who is banishing poverty and drudgery from the world? ''The Times'', 20 June 2006.
-#{{note|Pirie}} Madsen Pirie '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1072-2233108,00.html Big business — it's mankind's biggest boon]' If large corporations are greedy and dishonest, who is banishing poverty and drudgery from the world? ''The Times'', June 20, 2006.
+#{{note|Pirie2}} Madsen Pirie '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1072-2233108,00.html Big business — it's mankind's biggest boon]' If large corporations are greedy and dishonest, who is banishing poverty and drudgery from the world? ''The Times'', 20 June 2006.

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 Pirie is author of several books including "How to Win Every Argument", "The Book of the Fallacy", "Micropolitics", "Privatisation in Theory and Practice" and "Blueprint for a Revolution". With his colleague Dr. [[Eamonn Butler]], he has co- authored a series of books on [[IQ]], including "The Sherlock Holmes IQ Book".
-==External links==
+==Affiliations==
 *[http://www.adamsmith.org/ Adam Smith Institute]
 *[http://www.madsenpirie.com/ Madsen Pirie Homepage]

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−	'''Dr (Duncan) Madsen Pirie''' is President of the [[Adam Smith Institute]], and was one of the Institute's three founders in 1977.	+	'''Dr (Duncan) Madsen Pirie''' is President of the [[Adam Smith Institute]], and was one of the Institute's three founders in 1977. Pirie is a graduate of the universities of [[Edinburgh University\|Edinburgh]], [[St Andrews University\|St Andrews]] and [[Pembroke College, Cambridge\|Pembroke College]] [[University of Cambridge\|Cambridge]]. Following this Pirie moved to the United States where he worked for the [[House of Representatives]] in Washington DC, and was Distinguished Visiting Professor of Logic and Philosophy at [[Hillsdale College]] in Michigan.
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−	Pirie is a graduate of the universities of [[Edinburgh University\|Edinburgh]], [[St Andrews University\|St Andrews]] and [[Pembroke College, Cambridge\|Pembroke College]] [[University of Cambridge\|Cambridge]].
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−	Following this Dr Pirie moved to the United States where he worked for the [[House of Representatives]] in Washington DC, and was Distinguished Visiting Professor of Logic and Philosophy at [[Hillsdale College]] in Michigan.

	==Architect of Privatisation==		==Architect of Privatisation==

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 ==Views==
 :The business corporation... is one of the most benign institutions ever created by humankind. Men and women have banded together and risked some of their wealth to create new wealth. In the process they have generated employment, trade and opportunity. They have not usually done this by theft and trickery, but by offering people goods and services they will freely pay for. In doing so many of them have made themselves richer, but they have made humankind richer still.
 :At the heart of this dislike of business is a complete misunderstanding of how it works. There is a primitive and naive view that one person can only get rich at someone else’s expense, and that if a business is making money, someone else must be losing it. This “zero sum game” fallacy completely misses the point, which is that business activity creates wealth instead of just redistributing it. {{ref|Pirie}}
-:It is business, not pious posturing, that is making poverty history. Hilary Benn, the Secretary of State for International Development, criticised the anti-business rhetoric of some of the more vociferous campaigners, saying: “This is not in the interests of poor people.” He is completely correct. It is not, but business is. We should salute the achievements of business, rather than allow anti-capitalist campaigners to demonise them.
+:It is business, not pious posturing, that is making poverty history. Hilary Benn, the Secretary of State for International Development, criticised the anti-business rhetoric of some of the more vociferous campaigners, saying: “This is not in the interests of poor people.” He is completely correct. It is not, but business is. We should salute the achievements of business, rather than allow anti-capitalist campaigners to demonise them.{{ref|Pirie2}}
 ==Publications==

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	#{{note\|Pearce}} Ed Pearce '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,,526796,00.html The prophet of private profit]' Dr Madsen Pirie is a head of the Adam Smith Institute, and a passionate advocate of a free market in practically everything. Yet Guardian readers might still like the man, ''Guardian Unlimited'', Monday April 19, 1993.		#{{note\|Pearce}} Ed Pearce '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,,526796,00.html The prophet of private profit]' Dr Madsen Pirie is a head of the Adam Smith Institute, and a passionate advocate of a free market in practically everything. Yet Guardian readers might still like the man, ''Guardian Unlimited'', Monday April 19, 1993.
	#{{note\|Pirie}} Madsen Pirie '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1072-2233108,00.html Big business — it's mankind's biggest boon]' If large corporations are greedy and dishonest, who is banishing poverty and drudgery from the world? ''The Times'', June 20, 2006.		#{{note\|Pirie}} Madsen Pirie '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1072-2233108,00.html Big business — it's mankind's biggest boon]' If large corporations are greedy and dishonest, who is banishing poverty and drudgery from the world? ''The Times'', June 20, 2006.
		+	#{{note\|Pirie2}} Madsen Pirie '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1072-2233108,00.html Big business — it's mankind's biggest boon]' If large corporations are greedy and dishonest, who is banishing poverty and drudgery from the world? ''The Times'', June 20, 2006.

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	#{{note\|Pearce}} Ed Pearce '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,,526796,00.html The prophet of private profit]' Dr Madsen Pirie is a head of the Adam Smith Institute, and a passionate advocate of a free market in practically everything. Yet Guardian readers might still like the man, ''Guardian Unlimited'', Monday April 19, 1993.		#{{note\|Pearce}} Ed Pearce '[http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/story/0,,526796,00.html The prophet of private profit]' Dr Madsen Pirie is a head of the Adam Smith Institute, and a passionate advocate of a free market in practically everything. Yet Guardian readers might still like the man, ''Guardian Unlimited'', Monday April 19, 1993.
		+	#{{note\|Pirie}} Madsen Pirie '[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1072-2233108,00.html Big business — it's mankind's biggest boon]' If large corporations are greedy and dishonest, who is banishing poverty and drudgery from the world? ''The Times'', June 20, 2006.