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Raymond Crotty (22 January 1925 – 1 January 1994) was an Irish farmer, economist, writer, lecturer and campaigner against Ireland's membership of the European Union. In 1987 he mounted a successful legal challenge in the Irish Supreme Court against the government's attempt to ratify the Single European Act without reference to the people in a referendum. ==Life and career== Raymond Crotty grew up in Kilkenny town. While a student at St. Kieran's College, Kilkenny he began breeding pigs in his spare time. Rather than move on to university, Crotty pursued his interest in agriculture by going to work for a farmer relative in 1942. A year later he undertook a 12-month course at the Albert Agricultural College in Glasnevin, Dublin. In 1945, Crotty purchased a farm in Dunbell, not far from Kilkenny, and spent the next two decades putting into practice his developing knowledge of agricultural production.〔Crotty, Raymond, ''A Radical's Response'', Poolbeg, 1988 (p.1-8)〕 In 1956, while still a farmer, Crotty enrolled as a distance-learning student at the University of London, obtaining a BSc(Econ.) degree in 1959. He spent two further years studying for a MSc(econ.) degree at the London School of Economics. In 1961, he obtained a post as lecturer in Agricultural Economics at University of Wales, Aberystwyth.〔''A Radical's Response'' (pp. 20–30)〕 During the 1960s, Crotty sold his farm and became an economic adviser to various development agencies, including the World Bank. His work brought him to various parts of the developing world, including Latin America, India, and Africa. In 1976 he received a fellowship at the University of Sussex. In 1982, he became a lecturer in statistics at Trinity College, Dublin. Crotty was a prolific writer, producing books, pamphlets, articles, and letters on subjects such as economics, history, and Ireland's involvement with Europe. His final work, ''When Histories Collide: The Development and Impact of Individualistic Capitalism'', was edited by his son Raymond and published posthumously in 2001. It is an economic history of mankind from the earliest stages of human development to the present day. Reviewing it on behalf of the American Sociological Association, Professor Michael Mann of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) described it as "an extraordinary book by an extraordinary man" and "a must-read".〔''Contemporary Sociology'', Vol. 33, No. 2 (Mar. 2004), pp. 190–192〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Raymond Crotty」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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