Richard Davies

Chief of Staff, London School of Econmics Growth Commission

Richard Davies is an economist and author. He teaches macroeconomics at the University of Chicago, heading up the department’s new Economics for Everyone initiative. His is the founding director of the UK’s Economics Observatory, holds a chair at Bristol University and is a visiting Professor at the Centre for Economic Performance, part of the London School of Economics. He has been Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers at HM Treasury, an economist and speechwriter at the Bank of England, and economics editor of The Economist.

"Award Winning Author of Extreme Economies"

Topics

Why Banks Fail
Monetary Policy
Financial Crime
Reforming Economics
The Rise of Microeconomics
Extreme Economies

Languages

He presents in English.

How he presents

While Richard has an in depth understanding of the global economy he relates with audiences through a narrative and examples that combine knowledge, unrivalled first-hand experiences compassion and humour.

Publications

2015 Economics: Making Sense of the Modern Economy
2019 Extreme Economies

Talk to us about Richard Davies

In Detail

Richard’s book, Extreme Economies won the Lonely Planet/Stanford’s prize for debut travel writing, and has been published in the UK, US, Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan. He wrote and edited The Economist?s recent guide to economics, and his articles have featured in The New York Times, The Economist, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Times, Wired and 1843 Magazine. An active researcher, Richard is interested in using large scale micro data to answer questions about aggregate puzzles, including inflation, productivity, and wages. He studied economics at Oxford (PPE), the London School of Economics (MSc) and holds a PhD from New York University’s Stern School of Business..