Andrew Glyn
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Andrew John Glyn, was a United Kingdom-based economist, University Lecturer in Economics at the University of Oxford
and Fellow and Tutor in Economics in Corpus Christi College
. A Marxist economist, his research interests focussed on issues of unemployment and inequality.
He was Associate Editor: Oxford Review of Economic Policy
. He was a consultant for the National Union of Mineworkers and for the International Labour Organisation.
, Oxfordshire. He was the son of John Glyn, the 6th Baron Wolverton
, of the Williams & Glyn's Bank banking dynasty.
In 1984 Glyn also wrote The Economic Case Against Pit Closures for the National Union of Mineworkers
to counter the energy policy of the Thatcher government.
, Financial Times
, New Statesman
, and New York Times,
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
and Fellow and Tutor in Economics in Corpus Christi College
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Corpus Christi College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom...
. A Marxist economist, his research interests focussed on issues of unemployment and inequality.
He was Associate Editor: Oxford Review of Economic Policy
Oxford Review of Economic Policy
Oxford Review of Economic Policy is a refereed journal which is published quarterly. Each issue concentrates on a current theme in economic policy, with a balance between macro- and microeconomics, and comprises an assessment and a number of articles. It gives a valuable appraisal of economic...
. He was a consultant for the National Union of Mineworkers and for the International Labour Organisation.
Background
Glyn was born in TetsworthTetsworth
Tetsworth is a village and civil parish about south of Thame in Oxfordshire.-Manor:At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 Tetsworth did not exist as a separate manor. In the 12th century, benefactors gave land in the area to the Cistercian Thame Abbey and these lands were brought together as an...
, Oxfordshire. He was the son of John Glyn, the 6th Baron Wolverton
Baron Wolverton
Baron Wolverton, of Wolverton in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1869 for the banker George Glyn. He was the fourth son of Sir Richard Carr Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Gaunt's House, Lord Mayor of London in 1798, himself the fourth son of Sir...
, of the Williams & Glyn's Bank banking dynasty.
Politics
In the 1970's and early 1980's Glyn was a member of the Militant tendency in Oxford, writing a pamphlet critiquing the 'Alternative Economic Strategy' of the [Tribune|Tribune (magazine)] group of MPs, Capitalist Crisis or Socialist Plan in 1978.In 1984 Glyn also wrote The Economic Case Against Pit Closures for the National Union of Mineworkers
National Union of Mineworkers
The National Union of Mineworkers is a trade union for coal miners in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1945 as a reorganisation of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain . For much of the 20th century the NUM was a powerful force not only in the British union movement, but also in British...
to counter the energy policy of the Thatcher government.
Published books
- Capitalism Unleashed. Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Social democracy in neoliberal times : the left and economic policy since 1980. Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Colliery closures and the decline of the UK coal industry, with Stephen Machin. Oxford : Institute of Economics and Statistics, University of Oxford, 1996.
- The North, the South, and the environment : ecological constraints and the global economy, with V Bhaskar. St. Martin's Press, 1995.
- British Capitalism, Workers and the Profit Squeeze, with Bob Sutcliffe. Penguin, 1972; also translated into Italian, German, and Japanese.
- The British Economic Disaster, with John Harrison. Pluto, 1980; (also translated into Japanese).
- Capitalism Since World War II: The Making and Breakup of the Great Boom, with Philip Armstrong and John Harrison. Fontana, 1984. 2nd edition as Capitalism Since 1945, Blackwells 1991. Also translated into Chinese and Korean.
- A Million Jobs a Year. Verso, 1985.
- Capitalism in crisis, with Robert B Sutcliffe. Pantheon Books, 1972.
- British capitalism, workers and the profits squeeze with Robert B Sutcliffe. Penguin, 1972.
Other published works
He also published 36 peer-reviewed journal articles, many book chapters and a number of essays. He additionally wrote a number of magazine articles and newspaper columns, including those in The GuardianThe Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
, New Statesman
New Statesman
New Statesman is a British centre-left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s....
, and New York Times,