Education
He was educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School and Saint John"s and Nuffield colleges at the University of Oxford.
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Tim Congdon
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Over the years, he has accumulated a long record of commenting on public policy issues, including writing sympathetically about (and deploying in his own analysis) the monetarist approach to macroeconomic policy. Since May 2008, he has been the economic correspondent for Standpoint magazine. He set up the economic advisory group International Monetary Research Limited. in 2009.
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In January 2011 Congdon became the Honorary Chairman of The Freedom Association. He is on the Advisory Council of Reform.
Congdon was a prominent defender of the United Kingdom Government"s action to lend to Northern Rock, arguing that it was quite likely to make money for the government. He is a small shareholder in Northern Rock, a fact that he has disclosed publicly when writing on this issue.
Long a professed Eurosceptic, Congdon stood as United Kingdom Independence Party candidate for the Forest of Dean constituency in the 2010 General Election, obtaining 5.2% of the votes cast and saving his deposit.
Achievements
Politics
In October 2010 he stood unsuccessfully for the leadership of the party.
Membership
Between 1993 and 1997 he was a member of the Treasury Panel that advised the Conservative government on economic policy, sometimes referred to as the "wise men".
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United Kingdom Independence Party