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William Keegan
Speaker at the Economics Student Conference
Biography
Leading journalist William Keegan is The Observer's senior economics commentator. He has written articles published in The Guardian and The Observer.
He has been analysing government and central banking performance for several decades and was Economics Correspondent of the Financial Times. Additionally, he has worked with the Bank of England’s Economic Intelligence Department.
William Keegan is Governor of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research and has been involved in a number of advisory committees, such as the BBC Advisory Committee on Business and Industrial Affairs, the Employment Institute Council and the Department of Applied Economics Advisory Board, University of Cambridge.
His published books include 2066 and All That, The Spectre of Capitalism, Mrs Thatcher’s Economic Experiment, Mr Lawson’s Gamble, Britain Without Oil, and The Prudence of Mr Gordon Brown.