Michael Beesley
British economist (1924-1999)
Michael Edwin Beesley CBE (3 July 1924 – 24 September 1999) was a British industrial economist and briefly a Liberal Party politician.
Early life and education
He was a son of Edwin and Kathleen Beesley. He was educated at King Edward VI Five Ways School, Birmingham, and Birmingham University. In 1947 he married Eileen Eleanor Yard. They had two daughters and three sons. In 1985 he was appointed a CBE.
Professional career
He became a research associate at Birmingham University in April 1947. In 1948 he undertook work on the economics side under the direction of Mr. Clive Williams for the Abercrombie-Jackson Town and Country Survey. He then resumed work at the university, where he was a member of the junior staff. He founded the Beesley lectures, an annual series of lectures on economic regulation.
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