Education
Bachelor of Arts University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Bachelor of Arts University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Economics Editor, Observer, 1961^4. Adviser, United Kingdom Department Economics Affairs, 1965. Economics Writer, Assistant Editor, Financial Times, London, since 1966, 1978-.
Pioneering work on interaction between economic doctrine and political influences in British economic policy. Critical analysis of the ‘left-right’ spectrum in relation to economic and other policy. Reinterpretation of free-market doctrines in relation to alternative value systems.
Systemic weaknesses of democratic political economies. Empirical examination of degree of consensus among economists. Role of money Gross Domestic Product as ultimate target for financial policy.
And property rights in national resources with special reference to State-owned corporations and North Sea oil.