Economists for Free Trade
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Economists for Free Trade (formerly Economists for Brexit) is a lobby group pushing for a hard Brexit after the June 2016 decision by the UK to leave the EU.
The group states that leaving the EU will have a positive impact the UK economy, providing a counter-narrative to most economists who think that the opposite will be true.
People
The EFF 'Team' (as of Nov 2017). There are no women in the 17-strong team.
- Professor Patrick Minford, Chair, Economists for Free Trade, Professor of Economics at Cardiff University, formerly Director and Founder of Liverpool Research Group
- Edgar Miller Convener, Economists for Free Trade, Managing Director, Palladian Limited and Senior Visiting Fellow, Cass Business School
- Professor David Blake, Professor of Economics, Cass Business School and Director of the Pensions Institute
- Roger Bootle, Chairman of Capital Economics and Special Adviser to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee
- Michael Burrage, Entrepreneur and Founder-Director of a specialist telecoms company. Former Harvard Research Fellow.
- Professor Tim Congdon, Previously a member of the Treasury Panel of Independent Forecasters
- Professor Kevin Dowd, Professor of Finance and Economics at Durham University Business School and a partner in Cobden Partners
- John Greenwood, Chief Economist at Invesco
- Liam Halligan, Economist, broadcaster and columnist at the Sunday Telegraph
- Martin Howe QC, Leading expert on EU constitution and Barrister at 8 New Square specialising in Intellectual Property and EU law
- Warwick Lightfoot, Special Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1989 and 1992
- Professor Graeme Leach, CEO & Chief Economist of Macronomics, a macroeconomic, geopolitical and future megatrends consultancy
- Neil MacKinnon, Global Macro Strategist at VTB Capital
- Professor Kent Matthews, Professor of Banking and Finance at Cardiff University
- Professor David Paton, Professor of Industrial Economics at Nottingham University
- Professor Vudayagi Balasubramanyam, Professor of Development Economics at Lancaster University
- Dr John Whittaker, Former MEP and Senior Teaching Fellow at Lancaster University
=Advisors
Advisors to the EFF (as of Nov 2017). There are no women among the 11-man advisory board of the EFF.
- John Craven, Former Board Member Deutsche Bank, Chairman of Morgan Grenfell
- James Dyson, Founder, Dyson Ltd
- Lord Howard Flight, Chairman Flight & Partners, Chairman EIS Association
- Daniel Hodson, Chairman, The City for Britain, former CEO of LIFFE and Gresham Professor of Commerce
- John Longworth, Former Director British Chambers of Commerce, Co-Chairman of Leave Means Leave
- Tim Montgomerie, Editor of UnHerd, Founder of ConservativeHome
- David Ord, Co-Owner of Bristol Ports, Vice Chair Open Europe
- Owen Paterson, MP, Former Secretary of State Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs & former Secretary of State Northern Ireland
- Barnabas Reynolds, Partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP, Head of Global Financial Institutions Advisory Practice
- Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, Member Treasury Select Committee, Director of Somerset Capital
- Viscount Ridley, Science and Technology Committee (House of Lords), Columnist The Times
Contact
- Website: https://www.economistsforfreetrade.com
- Tel: 0203 585 5290; it shares the same telephone number as Leave Means Leave campaign