Anthony de Jasay was a Hungarian writer, economist, and philosopher. He studied in Székesfehérvár and Budapest, and obtained a degree in agriculture. He then worked as a freelance journalist, but was forced to flee Hungary after Communism dominated the country. He spent two years in Austria, and then emigrated to Australia, where he took classes in economics at the University of Western Australia. He did research at Oxford University and Nuffield College until 1962. He spent the rest of his career publishing articles for the Economic Journal and the Journal of Political Economy, among others.
