James Tooley is Professor of Education Policy at Newcastle University, UK, and founder and director of the E.G. West Centre, which explores the role of markets in education. He is the author of The Beautiful Tree, a bestseller in India and winner of the 2010 Sir Antony Fisher Memorial Prize, based on his ground-breaking research on private education for the poor in India, China and Africa.

• Series Editor's PrefaceForewordAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: Intellectual Biography 1. From Adam Smith to the Mont Perelin SocietyPart II: Critical Exposition of E.G. West's Work 2. Economic Arguments for State Intervention in Educations3. Historical Excursions4. Why Did State Education Emerge?5. A Framework for PolicyPart III: The Reception and Influence of West's Ideas6. From Libel and Ridicule to Transatlantic InfluencePart IV: The Relevance of West's Ideas Today7. An Enduring LegacyBibliography Index

James Tooley is Professor of Education Policy at Newcastle University, UK, and founder and director of the E.G. West Centre, which explores the role of markets in education. He is the author of The Beautiful Tree, a bestseller in India and winner of the 2010 Sir Antony Fisher Memorial Prize, based on his ground-breaking research on private education for the poor in India, China and Africa.

• Series Editor's PrefaceForewordAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: Intellectual Biography 1. From Adam Smith to the Mont Perelin SocietyPart II: Critical Exposition of E.G. West's Work 2. Economic Arguments for State Intervention in Educations3. Historical Excursions4. Why Did State Education Emerge?5. A Framework for PolicyPart III: The Reception and Influence of West's Ideas6. From Libel and Ridicule to Transatlantic InfluencePart IV: The Relevance of West's Ideas Today7. An Enduring LegacyBibliography Index