William Keegan



Profile:
Full name: William Keegan

Area of interest: Economics

Journals/Organisation: The Observer

Email: [mailto:william.keegan@observer.co.uk william.keegan@observer.co.uk]

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Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/williamkeegan

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Networks: https://twitter.com/#!/williamkeegan



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Career: Financial Times: economics correspondent; Bank of England: Economic Intelligence Department

Academic positions:
 * Visiting Professor of Journalism at Sheffield University
 * A Governor of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research

Current position/role: Associate editor and senior economics commentator


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Other activities: sat on a range of advisory committees, including the BBC Advisory Committee on Business and Industrial Affairs, the Employment Institute Council, the Department of Applied Economics Advisory Board, University of Cambridge

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Awards/Honours: Received a CBE for services to journalism in the New Year Honours List, 2009

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Other: Brother of commentator Victor Keegan



Books & Debate:

 * Mrs. Thatcher's economic experiment (1984) OCLC 11398931
 * Britain without oil (Penguin, 1985) OCLC 12856547
 * The spectre of capitalism: the future of the world economy after the fall of communism OCLC 60009174
 * 2066 - and all that (2000) OCLC 45990588
 * The prudence of Mr. Gordon Brown (2003) OCLC 59367612

Latest work:

Speaking/Appearances: The Westminster Forum lunch with William Keegan - 10th January, 2012

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The Observer:
Column name: In my view

Remit/Info: Economics

Section: Business & Media

Role: Associate editor and senior economics commentator

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Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/series/in-my-view

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Day published: Sunday

Regularity: Weekly

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Articles: 2012

 * If only George Osborne would take his eye off Balls - Our chancellor seems to be becoming obsessed with his opposite number. It's not too hard to understand why - 8th July
 * The central bankers' bank cannot forget what the others never learned - The Bank for International Settlements was one of the few institutions to have sounded the alarm before the credit crunch. Its latest analysis is scarcely more encouraging - 1st July



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