Ralph Harris - Revision history

Matthew Pringle: Israeli Think Tanker category added

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Israeli Think Tanker category added

Tom Mills: opening quote style

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opening quote style

Tom Mills: /* Affiliations */ The Wincott Foundation

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Affiliations: The Wincott Foundation

Tom Mills: /* Influence and legacy */

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Influence and legacy

Tom Mills: /* Pro-tobacco campaigning */

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Pro-tobacco campaigning

Tom Mills: Pro-tobacco campaigning

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Pro-tobacco campaigning

Tom Mills: /* Legacy */

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Legacy

Tom Mills: /* Legacy */

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Legacy

Tom Mills: /* Legacy */

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Legacy

Tom Mills at 09:18, 17 March 2010

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 ==Notes==
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-[[Category:Neoliberal|Harris, Ralph]]
+[[Category:Neoliberal|Harris, Ralph]][[Category:Israeli Think Tanker|Harris, Ralph]]

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-<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">"I am very critical of democracy. Politics has meant unlimited democracy and unlimited claims on the national income." - Ralph Harris <ref>Quoted in Andrew Roth, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/oct/20/guardianobituaries.obituaries Lord Harris of High Cross: Rightwing economist with a radical agenda]', ''Guardian'', 20 October 2006</ref></blockquote>
+<CENTER>''"I am very critical of democracy. Politics has meant unlimited democracy and unlimited claims on the national income." - Ralph Harris <ref>Quoted in Andrew Roth, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/oct/20/guardianobituaries.obituaries Lord Harris of High Cross: Rightwing economist with a radical agenda]', ''Guardian'', 20 October 2006</ref> </CENTER>
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 [[Image:Lord Harris.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Ralph Harris discusses the Institute's meetings with [[Milton Friedman]] in Adam Curtis's 1992 documentary ''Pandora's Box''. His long time collaborator [[Arthur Seldon]] is seating beside him.]]'''Ralph Harris, Lord Harris of High Cross''' (born 10 December 1924 - 19 October 2006), who described himself as a 'radical reactionary', <ref>Quoted in Andrew Roth, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/oct/20/guardianobituaries.obituaries Lord Harris of High Cross: Rightwing economist with a radical agenda]', ''Guardian'', 20 October 2006</ref> was a founder of the seminal neoliberal think-tank the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]] (IEA). He was General Director of [[IEA]] from 1957 to 1987.<ref>‘[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U19133 HARRIS OF HIGH CROSS]’, ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [Accessed 9 Oct 2009]</ref>

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 [[Milton Friedman]], friend
 <br>[[Mont Pelerin Society]], member <ref>‘[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U19133 HARRIS OF HIGH CROSS]’, ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [Accessed 9 Oct 2009]</ref>
 ==Notes==
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 [[Category:Neoliberal|Harris, Ralph]]

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 [[Woodrow Wyatt]] notes in his journal for 14 September 1989:
-<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Went to a party given by Ralph Harris (Lord Harris of High Cross). He is Chairman of [[IEA]] (the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]]). He instigated many of the policies Mrs Thatcher implemented.<p>Ralph Harris and his Director of [[IEA]], [[John Wood]], are approaching sixty-five. They thought they would give a party to celebrate their becoming pensionable. I said it wasn't very Thatcher-like to spend the proceeds of your pensions before you have got them.</p><p>[[Rupert Murdoch|Rupert]] was there. [[Geoffrey Howe]] was there. <ref>Woodrow Wyatt, Sarah Curtis (ed.), ''The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt Volume Two'' (London: Macmillan, 1999) p.6</ref></p></blockquote>
+<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Went to a party given by Ralph Harris (Lord Harris of High Cross). He is Chairman of [[IEA]] (the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]]). He instigated many of the policies Mrs Thatcher implemented.<p>Ralph Harris and his Director of [[IEA]], [[John Wood]], are approaching sixty-five. They thought they would give a party to celebrate their becoming pensionable. I said it wasn't very Thatcher-like to spend the proceeds of your pensions before you have got them.</p><p>[[Rupert Murdoch|Rupert]] was there. [[Geoffrey Howe]] was there. <ref>Woodrow Wyatt, Sarah Curtis (ed.), ''The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt Volume Two'' (London: Macmillan, 1999) p.156</ref></p></blockquote>
 [[Image:552px-St john smith.jpg|right|thumb|220px|St John's, [[Smith Square]] in Westminster where the celebrations were held.]]

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 [[Woodrow Wyatt]] notes in his journal for 11 April 1990:
-<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Last night I went to one of Lord Harris of High Cross' 'subversive meetings'. It's a campaign against the anti-smoking campaign. The largest importer in Britain of Havana cigars was there. He says he imports a hundred and fifty million a year. <ref>Woodrow Wyatt, Sarah Curtis (ed.), ''The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt Volume Two'' (London: Macmillan, 1999) p.273</ref></p></blockquote>
+<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Last night I went to one of Lord Harris of High Cross' 'subversive meetings'. It's a campaign against the anti-smoking campaign. The largest importer in Britain of Havana cigars was there. He says he imports a hundred and fifty million a year. <ref>Woodrow Wyatt, Sarah Curtis (ed.), ''The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt Volume Two'' (London: Macmillan, 1999) p.273</ref></blockquote>
 ==Bankrolling Neil Hamilton MP==

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	<p>Bob had been planning a trip to London to talk to the BBC about its interest in acquiring the program when it was completed and to talk with possible producers. The extra stimulus from Ralph’s encouraging reaction led Bob to take off for London on August 10… By far the most important interview was with [[Antony Jay]], recommended by Ralph Harris as “a Friedman fan” (initially from reading my ''Playboy'' interview). Jay was a partner in [[Video Arts]], a television production company formed by ex-BBC employees who had wanted to escape bureaucracy… [Later] Bob and I took off on September 20 for London, where we had extensive discussions with [[Antony Jay]] and two of his partners who were to be the most closely involved in the production of ''[[Free to Choose]]'', [[Michael Peacock]], managing director and [[Robert Reid]], chairman. In addition, Peacock arranged for us to interview Michael Latham as a potential producer. Unlike the producers we had interviewed in the United States, both the [[Video Arts]] trio and [[Michael Latham]] were sympathetic to our philosophy and enthusiastic about producing a documentary to present it. <ref>Rose D. Friedman, ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6l0_vQ1zpI8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false Two Lucky People: Memoirs]'' (University of Chicago Press, 1999) p.475-6</ref></p></blockquote>		<p>Bob had been planning a trip to London to talk to the BBC about its interest in acquiring the program when it was completed and to talk with possible producers. The extra stimulus from Ralph’s encouraging reaction led Bob to take off for London on August 10… By far the most important interview was with [[Antony Jay]], recommended by Ralph Harris as “a Friedman fan” (initially from reading my ''Playboy'' interview). Jay was a partner in [[Video Arts]], a television production company formed by ex-BBC employees who had wanted to escape bureaucracy… [Later] Bob and I took off on September 20 for London, where we had extensive discussions with [[Antony Jay]] and two of his partners who were to be the most closely involved in the production of ''[[Free to Choose]]'', [[Michael Peacock]], managing director and [[Robert Reid]], chairman. In addition, Peacock arranged for us to interview Michael Latham as a potential producer. Unlike the producers we had interviewed in the United States, both the [[Video Arts]] trio and [[Michael Latham]] were sympathetic to our philosophy and enthusiastic about producing a documentary to present it. <ref>Rose D. Friedman, ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6l0_vQ1zpI8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false Two Lucky People: Memoirs]'' (University of Chicago Press, 1999) p.475-6</ref></p></blockquote>
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		+	==Pro-tobacco campaigning==
		+	[[Woodrow Wyatt]] notes in his journal for 11 April 1990:
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		+	<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Last night I went to one of Lord Harris of High Cross' 'subversive meetings'. It's a campaign against the anti-smoking campaign. The largest importer in Britain of Havana cigars was there. He says he imports a hundred and fifty million a year. <ref>Woodrow Wyatt, Sarah Curtis (ed.), ''The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt Volume Two'' (London: Macmillan, 1999) p.273</ref></p></blockquote>

	==Bankrolling Neil Hamilton MP==		==Bankrolling Neil Hamilton MP==

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 In the late 1990s Harris led a network of right-wingers raising money to support for [[Neil Hamilton]], who accused of having received money from the Egyptian businessman [[Mohamed Al-Fayed]] in return for asking questions on his behalf in the House of Commons. Harris first appealed for funds to help Hamilton take on Fayed, through a letter to the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]''. He worked closely with the far right activist [[Norris McWhirter]]. <ref>Ben Laurance, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/1999/dec/26/hamiltonvalfayed.focus Tribal loyalty clouded judgment of friends]', ''Observer'', 26 December 1999</ref> They reportedly raised £410,000 for the fund; <ref>'[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/576284.stm The odd couple behind the odd couple]', BBC News Online, 23 December 1999</ref> £50,000 from the right-wing socialite and columnist [[Taki Theodoracopulos]], <ref>Ben Laurance, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/1999/dec/26/hamiltonvalfayed.focus Tribal loyalty clouded judgment of friends]', ''Observer'', 26 December 1999</ref> and the Earl of Portsmouth said he had made a 'substantial donation'. <ref>'[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/576284.stm The odd couple behind the odd couple]', BBC News Online, 23 December 1999</ref>
-==Legacy==
+==Influence and legacy==
 [[Image:552px-St john smith.jpg|right|thumb|220px|St John's, [[Smith Square]] in Westminster where the celebrations were held.]]
 On 20 February 2007 dozens of right-wing activists and friends and relatives of Ralph Harris attended celebration of the life and work of Lord Harris held at St John's, [[Smith Square]], <ref>‘Lord Harris of High Cross’, ''The Times'', 21 February 2007; p.69</ref> an historic venue in Westminster generally used for classical concerts. Until 2003 [[Smith Square]] was the location of [[Conservative Central Office]]. [[Lord North Street]], where the [[IEA]] is located, runs north off the square, whilst [[Dean Trench Street]] runs west adjoining [[Tufton Street]] which is a major centre of right-wing think-tanks and lobby groups including Harris’s [[Centre for Research in Post-Communist Economies]].

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 ==Legacy==
 [[Image:552px-St john smith.jpg|right|thumb|220px|St John's, [[Smith Square]] in Westminster where the celebrations were held.]]
-On 20 February 2007 dozens of right-wing activists and friends and relatives of Ralph Harris attended celebration of the life and work of Lord Harris held at St John's, Smith Square, <ref>‘Lord Harris of High Cross’, ''The Times'', 21 February 2007; p.69</ref> an historic venue in Westminster generally used for classical concerts. Until 2003 [[Smith Square]] was the location of [[Conservative Central Office]]. [[Lord North Street]], where the [[IEA]] is located, runs north off the square, whilst [[Dean Trench Street]] runs west adjoining [[Tufton Street]] which is a major centre of right-wing think-tanks and lobby groups.
+On 20 February 2007 dozens of right-wing activists and friends and relatives of Ralph Harris attended celebration of the life and work of Lord Harris held at St John's, Smith Square, <ref>‘Lord Harris of High Cross’, ''The Times'', 21 February 2007; p.69</ref> an historic venue in Westminster generally used for classical concerts. Until 2003 [[Smith Square]] was the location of [[Conservative Central Office]]. [[Lord North Street]], where the [[IEA]] is located, runs north off the square, whilst [[Dean Trench Street]] runs west adjoining [[Tufton Street]] which is a major centre of right-wing think-tanks and lobby groups including Harris’s [[Centre for Research in Post-Communist Economies]].
 An excerpt from the film ''A Conversation with Lord Ralph Harris and Arthur Seldon'' was shown. The speakers at the event were the Thatcherite Minister [[Geoffrey Howe]], the co-founder of the [[Centre for Policy Studies]] [[Nigel Vinson]], the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' columnist [[Andrew Alexander]], [[Russell Lewis]], [[Brian Kingham]] of [[Reliance Security Group]], the journalist [[John O'Sullivan]], [[Edwin Feulner]] of the [[Heritage Foundation]], the former MP [[Neil Hamilton]], the libertarian French economist [[Pascal Salin]], the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' journalist [[Simon Heffer]] and the Italian libertarian [[Alberto Mingardi]]. <ref>‘Lord Harris of High Cross’, The Times, 21 February 2007; p.69</ref> According to ''The Times'' the guests included: