Richard Davies

Richard Davies

Richard Davies is a British economist and journalist. He is a fellow at the London School of Economics, and has served as economic adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers at HM Treasury. The author of Extreme Economies, he also served as the economics editor of The Economist.

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Extreme Economies
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Extreme Economies
  • By: Richard Davies
  • Narrator: James MacCallum
  • Length: 12 hours 0 minutes
  • Publisher: Macmillan Audio
  • Publish date: January 14, 2020
  • Language: English
  • (639 ratings)
(639 ratings)
A New Statesman best book of the yearA Financial Times best economics book of 2019 An accessible, story-driven look at the future of the global economy, written by a leading expert To predict our future, we must look to the extremes. So argues the... Read more

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