David_Ramsay_Steele

David Ramsay Steele

David Ramsay Steele

British economist

Not to be confused with David Steel.

David Ramsay Steele (born 23 June 1944) is a British author. He has published several works, such as The Mystery of Fascism: David Ramsay Steele's Greatest Hits (2019, a collection of 23 previously published articles), Orwell Your Orwell: A Worldview on the Slab (2017, a study of George Orwell's beliefs), Atheism Explained: From Folly to Philosophy (2008, a popular exposition of atheism) and From Marx to Mises: Post-Capitalist Society and the Challenge of Economic Calculation (1992, an exposition of the economic calculation problem). Since 1985, he has been Editorial Director of Open Court Publishing Company. In 1997, he co-wrote with Michael R. Edelstein Three Minute Therapy: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life, a psychological self-help book based on Albert Ellis's rational emotive behavior therapy, re-released in paperback, 2019. In 2013, he co-wrote with Michael R. Edelstein and Richard K. Kujoth Therapy Breakthrough: Why Some Psychotherapies Work Better than Others, a study of cognitive-behavioral therapy arguing for its superiority to psychodynamic therapy. From 1963 to 1973, Steele was a member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB).[1][2] In 1970, he became aware of the historical debate over economic calculation and between 1970 and 1973 underwent an intellectual conversion from SPGB Marxism to libertarianism. He later co-founded the Libertarian Alliance and in 1982 would be identified with one of the two factions that resulted in the split of the group.

Works

Books

  • Steele, David Ramsay (1992). From Marx to Mises: Post-Capitalist Society and the Challenge of Economic Calculation. La Salle, Ill.: Open Court. ISBN 0-87548-449-2. OCLC 26934946.
  • Edelstein, Michael R.; Steele, David Ramsay (1997). Three Minute Therapy: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life. Lakewood, Colo.: Glenbridge Pub. ISBN 0-944435-42-4. OCLC 37784952.
  • Steele, David Ramsay (2008). Atheism Explained: From Folly to Philosophy. Chicago, Ill.: Open Court. ISBN 978-0-8126-9703-2. OCLC 701110315.
  • Edelstein, Michael R.; Kujoth, Richard K.; Steele, David Ramsay (2013). Therapy Breakthrough: Why Some Psychotherapies Work Better Than Others. Chicago. ISBN 978-0-8126-9686-8. OCLC 863660808.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Steele, David Ramsay (2017). Orwell your Orwell: A Worldview on the Slab. South Bend, Indiana. ISBN 978-1-58731-610-4. OCLC 965120240.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Steele, David Ramsay (2019). The Mystery of Fascism: David Ramsay Steele's Greatest Hits. South Bend, Indiana. ISBN 978-1-58731-529-9. OCLC 1083224946.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Other

References

  1. [1]
    "Smash Cash". Socialist Party of Great Britain.
  2. [2]
    Steele, David Ramsay (13 October 2014) [1970]. "Listen Anarchist". Socialist Standard Past and Present. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022.
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