Edward Hugh (29 December 1948 – 29 December 2015) was a Welsh economist,[1] dubbed by The New York Times, "the blog prophet of Euro zone doom", he who "attracted a cult following among financial analysts".[2] From 1990 he lived in Catalonia, Spain. He spoke French, Catalan, Spanish and English.[1]
Edward Hugh | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edward Hugh Bengree-Jones 29 December 1948 Liverpool, England |
| Died | 29 December 2015 (aged 67) Girona, Spain |
| Nationality | British |
| Academic career | |
| School or tradition | Demographic economics |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
He was born Edward Hugh Bengree-Jones in Liverpool,[3] and studied at the London School of Economics, but was drawn more to philosophy, science, sociology and literature. His eclectic intellectual pursuits not only kept him from getting a doctorate,[3] but also prevented him from gaining a full-time professorship.[citation needed]
By inclination a macroeconomist, his obsession with trying to understand the economic impact of demographic changes often took him far from economics and towards such fields as demography, anthropology, biology, sociology and systems theory. In particular, his work was centred on the study of demographic changes and migration patterns, and their impact on economic growth.[citation needed]
In 2014 he published his first book, "¿Adiós a la Crisis?", which discusses the economic situation in Spain.[1] He worked on a book with the provisional working title "Population, the Ultimate Non-renewable Resource". Apart from his participation in A Fistful of Euros[4] and his own personal blog, Hugh also wrote regularly for the demography blog Demography Matters.[5] He contributed to the Catalan newspaper Ara[1] and Business Insider.[6]
Edward Hugh died on 29 December 2015 of gallbladder and liver cancer.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Grau, Xavier (20 December 2015). "Edward Hugh, economist who foresaw the crisis, dies". Ara. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ Thomas, Jr., Landon (9 June 2010). "The Blog Prophet of Doom". New York Times. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b c Thomas Jr., Landon (30 December 2015). "Edward Hugh, Economist Who Foresaw Eurozone's Struggles, Dies at 67". New York Times. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ "A fistful of reply". The Economist. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ Torralba, Francisco (19 June 2013). "My interview with Edward Hugh". EconWeekly. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ "Edward Hugh at Business Insider". Retrieved 1 January 2016.
External links
edit
 | This biography of a British economist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a Spanish economist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |