Economists for Free Trade

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Economists for Britain was a group of pro-Brexit economists, closely aligned with the Vote Leave campaign – chaired by Andrew Lilico and originally supported by Ruth Lea – who played an important role in lobbying for Brexit; they named the pessimistic predictions of mainstream economic forecasters as "Project Fear". EconomistsForBrexit.co.ukArchive-org-sm.svg

In Apr.2016,[1] a further group of 8 pro-Brexit economists founded Economists for Brexit. After the EU referendum, the group morphed into Economists for Free Trade.[2]

Collusion: nine right-wing organisations pushing disinformation about climate change have been accused of mounting a coordinated campaign to push for a hard Brexit, namely:[3] Peter WhittleWikipedia-W.svg, officer of , , , , , , , , Institute-of-Economic-Affairs.svg.

People

  • Professor Patrick Minford, co-founder, chair. Affiliations: , , , , , Institute-of-Economic-Affairs.svg,
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  • Dr Gerard Lyons, co-founder. Affiliations: , Policy-Exchange.svg, , , , .
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    Roger Bootle, Chairman of Capital Economics, which he founded in 1999. Taught Economics at St Anne’s College Oxford. He is a Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Treasury Committee and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries. Formerly Group Chief Economist of HSBC. In 2012, Roger and a group of economists from Capital Economics won the Wolfson Prize. Author of several books including "The Trouble with Europe" (2014) and "The Death of Inflation" (1996). He is a well-known broadcaster on radio and television and writes a regular weekly column for the Daily Telegraph. In 2012 he was named Economics Commentator of the Year.
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    Ryan Bourne is Head of Public Policy at the Institute of Economic Affairs and a weekly columnist for City AM. He has previously worked at both the Centre for Policy Studies and Frontier Economics, and has written widely on a range of economic issues.[4]
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    Professor Tim Congdon is an economist and businessman, and is a strong advocate of sound money and free markets in the UK’s public policy debates. He was a member of the Treasury Panel of Independent Forecasters (the so-called “wise men”) 1992–1997, which advised the Chancellor of the Exchequer on economic policy. He was awarded the CBE for services to economic debate in 1997. Tim founded Lombard Street Research, one of the City of London’s leading economic research consultancies, in 1989. He has been a visiting professor at the Cardiff Business School and Cass Business School. His main current interest is establishing the Institute of International Monetary Research, at the University of Buckingham. The Institute’s purpose is to analyze linkages between the banking system and the quantity of money on the one hand, and macroeconomic outcomes on the other. Tim’s latest book is "Money in a Free Society" (2011).[4]
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    Warwick Lightfoot is an economist with interests in monetary economics, public finance and labour markets. He is a former economics editor of The European and his articles on economics and public policy have appeared in publications that range from The Financial Times and Wall Street Journal to The Spectator and Times Literary Supplement. He is the author of "Sorry We Have No Money: Britain’s Economic Problem"; "Margaret Thatcher: the economics of creative destruction"; "Unfinished business: the case for a more liberal labour market" and "America’s Exceptional Economic Problem" that will be published shortly. He was Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Employment 1987-89 and Special Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1989-92.[4]
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    Neil MacKinnon is the global macro strategist at VTB Capital and has worked as an economist and strategic adviser at a number of financial institutions in the City over the last 20 years or so including Nomura Securities, Chase Investment Bank, Yamaichi International, and Citibank. He started his career as an economist at HM Treasury and is a graduate of the Universities of Liverpool and Southampton.[4]
  • Professor Kent Matthews is the Sir Julian Hodge Professor of Banking and Finance at Cardiff University. He was previously Professor of Banking and Finance at Liverpool John Moores University. He took degrees at the London School of Economics, Birkbeck, and Liverpool University. He has held research and academic positions at the LSE, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, University of Liverpool, Western University (Canada), Bank of England and Lombard Street Research. He has held visiting positions at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), Humbolt University (Berlin), Clemson University (S. Carolina), Fudan University (Shanghai) and Hong Kong Monetary Authority. His research has been in the area of macroeconomic modelling, forecasting, the shadow economy, and the efficiency and competitiveness of banking markets. He is the author of 6 books, and 75 papers, and book chapters.[4]
  • Charlie Methven, was a member of the group "Economists for Brexit".

Team

  • Professor Vudayagi Balasubramanyam, professor of Development Economics at Lancaster University
  • Professor David Blake, professor of Economics at Cass Business School, director of the Pensions Institute
  • Roger Bootle, chairman of Capital Economics, special adviser to the Treasury Select Committee
  • Michael Burrage, entrepreneur + founder-director of a specialist telecoms company, former Harvard Research Fellow
  • Professor Tim Congdon, former member of the Treasury Panel of Independent Forecasters
  • Professor Kevin Dowd, professor of Finance + Economics at Durham University Business School, partner in Cobden Partners
  • John Greenwood, chief economist at Invesco Ltd
  • Liam Halligan, economist, broadcaster + award winning columnist at the Sunday Telegraph
  • Andrea Hossó, economist, financial professional, former Trade Negotiator
  • Martin Howe QC, leading expert on EU constitution, Barrister specialising in Intellectual Property + EU law
  • Warwick Lightfoot, special adviser to Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1989-1992 (John Major + Norman Lamond)
  • Professor Graeme Leach, CEO + chief economist of Macronomics (a macroeconomic, geopolitical + future megatrends consultancy)
  • Neil MacKinnon, global macro strategist at VTB Capital
  • Professor Kent Matthews, professor of Banking + Finance at Cardiff University
  • Edgar Miller, convener for Economists for Free Trade, MD of Palladian Ltd, senior Visiting Fellow at Cass Business School
  • Professor David Paton, professor of Industrial Economics at Nottingham University
  • Dr John Whittaker, former MEP, senior Teaching Fellow at Lancaster University

Advisors

Reports

Articles

  • May.2016: Economists for Brexit: A Critique. Unfortunately, Minford’s model is inconsistent with two basic facts... Thomas Sampson, Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, John Van Reenen, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.

References

  1. ^ Economists for Brexit: Home page. '(archive.org)', Economists for Brexit, May.11.2016.
  2. ^ The 50 Groups Behind Brexit. Jonathan Isaby & Matthew Elliott, Brexit Central, Mar.18.2017.
  3. ^ Whistleblower Accuses Nine Organisations of Colluding over Hard Brexit. Chloe Farand, DeSmog UK, Jul.23.2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e The Economy After Brexit. Roger Bootle, Tim Congdon, Patrick Minford, Ryan Vourne, Neil MacKinnon, Gerard Lyons, Warwick Lightfoot, Kent Matthews, Patrick Minford and the Julian Hodge Institute of Applied Macroeconomics, Economists for Brexit, May.01.2016.