Speakers 2020

Institute of Economic Affairs

SPEAKERS 2020

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Professor Philip Booth ProfessorProf. Philip Booth is Senior Philip Academic Fellow Booth at the Institute of Economic Affairs and Professor of Finance, Public Policy and Ethics at St. Mary’s University. Philip previously worked for the Bank of Prof. Philip Booth is Senior Academic Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs and England as an advisor on financial stability. He has written on investment, finance, social insurance Professor of Finance, Public Policy and Ethics at St. Mary’s University. Philip previously and pensions, and the relationship between Catholic social teaching and economics. He co-authored worked for the Bank of England as an advisor on financial stability. He has written Defusing the Debt Timebomb which was published in The Daily Mail and The Telegraph. on investment, finance, social insurance and pensions, and the relationship between PossibleCatholic topics social includeteaching Banking and economics. and Financial He co-authoredServices, Market Defusing Failure, the Financial Debt Time- Regulation, Governmentbomb which Debt, was thepublished Financial in Crisis, The DailyTax and Mail Economic and The Growth, Telegraph. Globalisation and Inequality and International Development. Possible topics include Banking and Financial Services, Market Failure, Financial Regulation, Government Debt, the Financial Crisis, Tax and Economic Growth, Globalisation and Inequality and International Development.

RaRalphlph Buckle Buckle RalphRalph is is Head Head of of Outreach Outreach at theat theIEA. IEA.Ralph Ralph previously previously worked worked at the IEAat theas the IEA Events as the and Public AffairsEvents Manager. and Public His Aﬀairsother experience Managerr .. includes HisHis otherother working experienceexperience as the includesincludesHead of Events workingworking at Policyasas thethe Exchange, HeadHead andof Events as a Communications at Policy Exchange, and Projects and as Consultant a Communications for Dods Parliamentaryand Projects Services.Consultant He hasfor also workedDods Parliamentary in Parliament, Services.for political He groups, has also and worked for public in affairsParliament, agencies for as political well as beinggroups, Director andand Co-Founderfor public aﬀairs of Commonwealth agencies as wellExchange as being (CX). Director Ralph has and a Co-FounderBA in Politics, of Philosophy Common- and Economicswealth Exchange (PPE) from (CX). the UniversityRalph has of a York.BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) Possiblefromfrom thethe topics UniversityUniversity include ofof The York. Sharing Economy, Immigration, Careers, and The IEA and UK Think Tank History. Possible topics include The Sharing Economy, Immigration, Careers, and The IEA and UK Think Tank History.

Dr. Steve Stephen Davies Davies DrDr. Steve StephenDavies is the Head ofDavies Education at the IEA. Previously he was program officer at the Dr Steve Davies is the Head of Education at the IEA. Previously he was program InstituteDr Steve for Davies Humane is theStudies Head (IHS) of atEducation George Mason at the University IEA. Previously in Virginia. he wasHe joined program IHS from the oﬃcer at the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) at George Mason University in UKoﬃcer where at hethe was Institute Senior Lecturer for Humane in the StudiesDepartment (IHS) of atHistory George and MasonEconomic University History at inManchester Virginia. He joined IHS from the UK where he was Senior Lecturer in the Department MetropolitanVirginia. He joinedUniversity. IHS from the UK where he was Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Economic History at Manchester Metropolitan University. Possible topics include UK Economic Growth, History of Globalisation, Economics of Football, TechnologyPossible topics & the includeFuture, GettingUK Economic Rid of Schools, Growth, the History Welfare of State, Globalisation, and a World Economics of City States. of Football, Technology & the Future, Getting Rid of Schools, the Welfare State, and a World of City States.

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Alexander of the was Independent educated at Institute the University in California. of Exeter, He also where has he Possibleexperiencestudied topicsHistory in domesticinclude and Politics. Human party progress/thepolitics in Germany state of andglobal Hungary. wellbeing, Adam the hasValue a BAof (Hons)economic freedom,in Politics and and African International trade. Relations from the University of Sheffield and an MSc in PoliticalPossible Theorytopics includefrom the human London progress/the School of Economics. state of global Adam wellbeing, is fluent in the English, value of Germaneconomic and freedom, Hungarian. and African trade. Possible topics include EU integration, Populism, Rule of Law, Central-and Eastern ViVictoriaEuropeanctoria Political Hewson andHewson Economic Affairs. Victoria joined joined the the IEA’s IEA’s International International Trade Trade and Competition and Competition Unit in Spring Unit in 2018 Spring and 2018.now heads She up theis a IEA lawyer Regulatory and practiced Affairs Unit. for She 12 isyears a lawyer in the and fields practised of technologyfor 12 years inand the financialfields of technologyservic- andes, beforefinancial joining services, the beforeLegatum joining Institute the Legatum Special Institute Trade CommissionSpecial Trade toCommission focus on totrade focus on tradeand regulatory and regulatory policy. policy. She She has has published published workwork on the implicationsimplications and and opportunities opportunities of Brexit inof financialBrexit in servicesfinancial and services movement and ofmovement goods and of the goods issues and in connectionthe issues inwith connection the Irish border. BeforeProfessorwith the entering Irish border.the legal Before Philipprofession entering Victoria Booth the worked legal professionfor Procter & Victoria Gamble workedin the UK for and Procter Germany. Prof. Philip Booth is Senior Academic Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs and Possible& Gamble topics in theinclude UK Trade,and Germany. Brexit and Rule of Law, Deregulation. Professor of Finance, Public Policy and Ethics at St. Mary’s University. Philip previously Possibleworked for topics the Bankinclude of Trade,England Brexit as an and advisor Rule ofon Law. financial stability. He has written on investment, finance, social insurance and pensions, and the relationship between Catholic social teaching and economics. He co-authored Defusing the Debt Time- bomb which was published in The Daily Mail and The Telegraph. Possible topics include Banking and Financial Services, Market Failure, Financial JuJulianRegulation,lian GovernmentJessop Jessop Debt, the Financial Crisis, Tax and Economic Growth, JulianGlobalisation Jessop is and an InequalityEconomics andFellow International at the IEA. Development.He has over thirty years of experience as a professionalJulian Jessop economist is an Economics in the public Fellow and private at the sectors, IEA. He including has over senior thirty positions years of at experi HM Treasury,- HSBCence asand a Standardprofessional Chartered economist Bank. Priorin the to public joining and the privateIEA in 2017 sectors, he was including a Director senior and Chief Globalpositions Economist at HM Treasury,at the leading HSBC independent and Standard consultancy, Chartered Capital Bank. Economics. Prior to joining Julian thehas IEAa First Classin 2017 degree he was in Economicsa Director fromand ChiefCambridge Global University Economist and at post-graduate the leading qualficationsindependent in both Economicsconsultancy, and Capital Law. Economics. Julian has a First Class degree in Economics from RalphCambridge University Buckle and post-graduate qualifications in both Economics and Law. PossibleRalph is topicsHead includeof Outreach Brexit, atthe the Global IEA. Ralphand UK previously Economies, worked Public atEconomics, the IEA as and the Fiscal and MonetaryEventsPossible and topicsPolicy. Public include Affairs Brexit, Manage ther .Global His other and experience UK Economies, includes Public working Economics, as the and Head Fiscalof Events and at Monetary Policy Exchange, Policy. and as a Communications and Projects Consultant for Dods Parliamentary Services. He has also worked in Parliament, for political groups, and for public affairs agencies as well as being Director and Co-Founder of Common- wealth Exchange (CX). Ralph has a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) from the University of York.

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Adam was apreviously strong advocate European of Outreach liberal ideals Manager and free at EPICENTERmarket economics, and a Koch having Summer spoken Fellow exten- in Possible topics include Inequality, Immigration, Higher education, Childcare, Football regulation, sivelythe Publi-cations against tobacco Department industry of regulation the Independent and government Institute inintervention. California. He also has Jobs and Artificual intelligence. experience in domestic party politics in Germany and Hungary. Adam has a BA (Hons) Possiblein Politics topics and International include “Drowning Relations in Debt”, from the Lifestyle University Economics, of Sheffield Brexit and and an “Bad MSc Stats in andPolitical Fake Theory News ”.from the London School of Economics. Adam is fluent in English, German and Hungarian. Possible topics include EU integration, Populism, Rule of Law, Central-and Eastern European Political and Economic Affairs. ChChristopherristopher Snowdon Snowdon Christopher Snowdon is the Head of Lifestyle Economics at the IEA. He is the author of The Art Christopher Snowdon is the Head of Lifestyle Economics at the IEA. He is the author of Suppression, The Spirit Level Delusion and Velvet Glove; Iron Fist. His work focuses of The Art of Suppression, The Spirit Level Delusion and Velvet Glove; Iron Fist. His on pleasure, prohibition and dodgy statistics. His IEA publications include Sock Puppets, Euro work focuses on pleasure, prohibition and dodgy statistics. He has authored a PuppetsProfessor, The Proof of Philip the Pudding ,Booth The Crack Cocaine of Gambling and Free Market number of publications including Sock Puppets, Euro Puppets, The Proof of the SolutionsProf. Philip in Booth Health is. Senior Academic Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs and Pudding, The Crack Cocaine of Gambling and Free Market Solutions in Health. PossibleProfessor topics of Finance, include Inequality, Public Policy Sin Taxes, and EthicsPaternalism at St. and Mary’s Happiness University. studies. Philip previously workedInstitute for of theEconomic Bank of Affairs. England as an advisor on financial stability. He has written onPossible investment, topics finance,include inequality,social insurance Sin Taxes, and pensions,Paternalism and and the Happiness relationship studies. between Catholic social teaching and economics. He co-authored Defusing the Debt Time- bomb which was published in The Daily Mail and The Telegraph. Possible topics include Banking and Financial Services, Market Failure, Financial Regulation, Government Debt, the Financial Crisis, Tax and Economic Growth, GilesGlobalisation Udy and Inequality and International Development.

Giles Udy is a historian and author of Labour and the Gulag. Labour and the Gulag Giuncoversles aUdy dark chapter in British Labour history as it tells the story of the party’s Gilesseduction Udy is byan historianthe allure and of authora socialist of Labour utopia and and the the Gulag moral, whichcompromises uncovers thata dark followed. chapter in BritishRalphOn the Labour centenary historyBuckle of as the it tells Russian the story Revolution, of the party’s and asseduction the hard by left’sthe allure influence of a socialist in the utopia andRalphparty the growsis moral Head again,compromises of Outreach it offers that at stark followed.the lessonsIEA. RalphOn forthe previously thecentenary future. ofworked the Russian at the Revolution, IEA as the and as the hardEvents left’s and influence Public inAﬀairs the partyManage growsr. Hisagain, other it offers experience stark lessons includes for the working future. as the Head PossiblePossibleof Events topics topics at Policyinclude include Exchange, the theRussian Russian and Revolution, as Revolution, a Communications Labour Labour Camps Campsand and Communism. Projects and Communism. Consultant for Dods Parliamentary Services. He has also worked in Parliament, for political groups, and for public aﬀairs agencies as well as being Director and Co-Founder of Common- wealth Exchange (CX). Ralph has a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) from the University of York.

Possible topics include The Sharing Economy, Immigration, Careers, and The IEA and UK Think Tank History. Dr. Richard Wellings Dr.Dr. Richard Richard Wellings is WellingsDeputy Research Director and Head of Transport. With a PhD Dr.on Richardpublic choiceWellings theory, is Deputy Richard Research is the Director author and or editorHead of Transport.several papers, With a books PhD on and public choiceDr.reports, theory, Stephenincluding Richard A Beginner’s is the authorDavies Guide or editorto Liberty of several and Globalisation papers, books and and Free reports, Trade. including He ADris Beginner’sa Steve frequent Davies Guide commentator is tothe Liberty Head on andof economic Education Globalisation issues at the and on IEA. Freetelevision Previously Trade .and He he isradio a was frequent and program has commentator onwrittenoﬃcer economic at for the several issues Institute on newspapers television for Humane and including radio Studies and the (IHS)has Daily written at Telegraph,George for several Mason the newspapers Times University and including Cityin AM. the DailyVirginia. Telegraph, He joined the Times IHS from and Citythe AM.UK where he was Senior Lecturer in the Department PossiblePossibleof History topics topics and include Economic include Brexit, Brexit, History the Declinethe at Decline Manchester of the of West, the Metropolitan West,Economic Economic Development, University. Development, Infrastructure and HS2,Infrastructure and the Role and of HS2,Government. and the Role of Government. Possible topics include UK Economic Growth, History of Globalisation, Economics of Football, Technology & the Future, Getting Rid of Schools, the Welfare State, and a World of City States.