Larry Elliott

Larry Elliott is an English journalist and author who focuses on economic issues. He is the economics editor at The Guardian, and has published five books on related issues, four of them in partnership with Dan Atkinson.

Life and career

Elliott was educated at St Albans School, an independent school for boys in St Albans in Hertfordshire in southern England, followed by Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

Journalistic career:

Elliott's areas of particular interest are globalisation, trade, Europe, development, and the interface between economics and the environment. He is on the editorial board of Catalyst, on the board of the Scott Trust, a council member of the Overseas Development Institute, and a visiting fellow at the University of Hertfordshire.

Elliott's book Fantasy Island (2007) argued that the British economy was weaker than it appeared and a recession could dramatically damage its base of services.[1][2] He supported Britain leaving the European Union.[3][4]

Works

  • Going South: Why Britain will have a Third World Economy by 2014 by Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).
  • The Gods that Failed: How Blind Faith in Markets has Cost us Our Future by Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson (The Bodley Head, 2008) ISBN 978-1-84792-030-0.
  • Fantasy Island by Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson (Constable, 2007) ISBN 1-84529-605-2.
  • In or Out: Labour and the Euro by Larry Elliott, Andrew Gamble, Janet Bush (Fabian Society, 2002) ISBN 0-7163-0601-8.
  • The Age of Insecurity by Larry Elliott, Dan Atkinson (Verso Books, 1998) ISBN 0-18-598484-3.

References

  1. ↑ Randall, Jeff (16 May 2007). "Blair's 'Fantasy Island' should face same scrutiny as company directors". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Atkinson, Dan (26 May 2007). "Fantasy Island - Blair's 'devastating' legacy". Evening Standard. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Elliott, Larry (20 May 2016). "Brexit may be the best answer to a dying eurozone: Staying in the EU means hitching ourselves to an undemocratic project run by and for a remote elite". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Anna. "Larry Elliott: 'Economics is not a hard science, it's really more like a form of medieval witchcraft'". Varsity. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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