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Congdon has been a prominent defender of the UK Government's action to lend to [[Northern Rock]] claiming that it made money for the government.<ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ddf4c35e-88e5-11dc-84c9-0000779fd2ac.html Northern Rock is making money for taxpayers], by Tim Congdon, [[Financial Times, November 2 2007</ref> He is also a small shareholder in Northern Rock, a fact that he has scrupulously disclosed publicly when writing on this issue.<ref>[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,2204732,00.html Stop Northern Rock fire sale, say investors], Richard Wachman, November 4 2007, The Observer</ref> |
Congdon has been a prominent defender of the UK Government's action to lend to [[Northern Rock]] claiming that it made money for the government.<ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ddf4c35e-88e5-11dc-84c9-0000779fd2ac.html Northern Rock is making money for taxpayers], by Tim Congdon, [[Financial Times, November 2 2007</ref> He is also a small shareholder in Northern Rock, a fact that he has scrupulously disclosed publicly when writing on this issue.<ref>[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,2204732,00.html Stop Northern Rock fire sale, say investors], Richard Wachman, November 4 2007, The Observer</ref> |
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Since May 2008, he has been the economic correspondent for ''[[Standpoint]]'' magazine. |
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Professor Tim Congdon is an economist, educated at Oxford University, with a long record of commenting on public policy issues, including writing sympathetically about the monetarist approach to macroeconomic policy. He has considerable experience working in the City of London and was the founder of the macroeconomic forecasting consultancy Lombard Street Research. He has also held a variety of academic appointments. In recent years, he has expressed considerable skepticism about the direction the European Union has been moving in.
Congdon has been a prominent defender of the UK Government's action to lend to Northern Rock claiming that it made money for the government.[1] He is also a small shareholder in Northern Rock, a fact that he has scrupulously disclosed publicly when writing on this issue.[2]
Since May 2008, he has been the economic correspondent for Standpoint magazine.
References
- ^ Northern Rock is making money for taxpayers, by Tim Congdon, [[Financial Times, November 2 2007
- ^ Stop Northern Rock fire sale, say investors, Richard Wachman, November 4 2007, The Observer
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