Roger Bootle is an economist

Economist

An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...

 and a weekly columnist for the Daily Telegraph. He is currently the Managing Director of Capital Economics

Capital Economics

Capital Economics Ltd is an independent macroeconomic research consultancy based in London, UK. It was founded in 1999 by Roger Bootle. The firm has offices in London, UK, and Toronto, Canada....

, an independent macroeconomic research consultancy.
After studying at Merton and Nuffield Colleges, Oxford, Bootle began his career in the academic world as a lecturer in Economics at St Anne’s College, Oxford

Oxford

The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

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He worked as an economist for Capel-Cure Myers and Lloyds Merchant Bank

Lloyds Bank

Lloyds Bank Plc was a British retail bank which operated in England and Wales from 1765 until its merger into Lloyds TSB in 1995; it remains a registered company but is currently dormant. It expanded during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and took over a number of smaller banking companies...

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