Roger Bootle (born 22 June 1952) is a British economist and a weekly columnist for ''

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''. He is the chairman of Capital Economics, an independent macroeconomic research consultancy. He and Capital Economics were awarded the

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in 2012.

Background

Roger Paul Bootle was born in

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. He read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at

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before completing his graduate studies at

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. Bootle began his career in the academic world as a lecturer in Economics at St Anne’s College,

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Career

He worked as an economist for Capel-Cure Myers and Lloyds Merchant Bank. From 1989 until 1998, he was an economist at

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, rising to the position of Group Chief Economist of the HSBC group. During the

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government in the 1990s, he was appointed to the UK treasury’s panel of economic forecasters under

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. Bootle founded the consultancy Capital Economics in 1999. He and Capital Economics won the £250,000

in 2012, "for the best plan for dealing with member states leaving the eurozone". In 2014, Bootle sold a stake in Capital Economics to part of

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; the transaction valued his company at £70 million. Two years later, he changed to being part-time chairman. Phoenix Equity Partners purchased a majority stake in the consultancy from Bootle in 2018; this valued the business at £95 million. Bootle retained his role and a reduced financial interest in Capital Economics. Bootle is a eurosceptic and a member of Economists for Free Trade, formerly called Economists for Brexit, a group of independent economists. ''The Trouble with Europe'' is among the books that he has written.

Publications

* ''Theory of Money'', joint author with W. T. Newlyn, 1978, * ''Index-Linked Gilts - a practical investment guide'', 1985, * ''The Death of Inflation'', 1998, * ''Money for Nothing – Real Wealth, Financial Fantasies and the Economy of the Future'', 2003, * ''The Trouble with Markets - saving capitalism from itself'', Second edition, 2011, * ''The Trouble with Europe: Why the EU Isn't Working, How It Can Be Reformed, What Could Take Its Place'', 2014, *''The AI Economy: Work, Wealth and Welfare in the Robot Age'', 2019,

References

External links

Journalisted - Articles by Roger Bootle
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