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Francis Wrigley Hirst (1873 - 22 February 1953) was a British journalist and writer, mostly on economic topics. He was a Liberal in party terms and a classical liberal in ideology.

Publications

• Essays in Liberalism (part author).
• Local Government in England (with J. Redlich), 2 vols, 1903.
• Adam Smith, 1904.
• Trusts and Cartels, 1905.
• The Arbiter in Council, 1906.
• Stock Exchange, 1911.
• Progress of the Nation, 1912.
• Political Economy of War, 1915.
• From Adam Smith to Philip Snowden: A History of Free Trade in Great Britain, 1925.
• Life of Thomas Jefferson, 1926.
• Early Life and Letters of John Morley, 1927.
• Safeguarding and Protection, 1928.
• Wall Street and Lombard Street, 1931.
• Gladstone as Financier and Economist, 1931.
• Gold, Silver and Paper Money, 1933.
• Consequences of the War to Great Britain, 1934.
• Liberty and Tyranny, 1935.
• Economic Freedom and Private Property, 1935.
• Armaments, 1937;
• Free Markets or Monopoly, 1942.
• Problems and Fallacies of Political Economy, 1943.
• Foreign Policy, Past and Future, 1944.
• Principles of Prosperity, 1945.
• Repeal of the Corn Laws, 1946.
• In the Golden Days, 1948.