Janet Bufton

Janet Bufton is a writer, editor, and occasional speaker based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In 2006, she co-founded and still works with the Institute for Liberal Studies, a Canadian educational non-profit dedicated to encouraging discussion of classical liberal ideas. She also sits on the advisory board of the World Anti-Extremism Network. Ms. Bufton is the co-author, with Tom G. Palmer, of an FAQ on the far right, and with Sarah Skwire of the #WealthOfTweets project. Ms. Bufton is an editor for the Econlib websites. Her education and her consulting work focused on international trade, regulation, and economic growth. Her writing focuses on the application of liberal ideas to contemporary problems and has been published in outlets including Econlib, Liberal Currents, The UnPopulist, The Hub Canada, and AdamSmithWorks. Her writing is collected at JanetBufton.ca.