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He has founded several companies including the Henley Centre and Volterra Partners. The Henley Centre was later sold to a [[FTSE100]] company. Volterra Partners was founded in 1998 with [[Bridget Rosewell (economist)|Bridget Rosewell]] and he has remained a partner as of December 2015.<ref name=VP /><ref name=Durham /> |
He has founded several companies including the Henley Centre and Volterra Partners. The Henley Centre was later sold to a [[FTSE100]] company. Volterra Partners was founded in 1998 with [[Bridget Rosewell (economist)|Bridget Rosewell]] and he has remained a partner as of December 2015.<ref name=VP /><ref name=Durham /> |
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He is the President of [[Rochdale Hornets]] RLFC.<ref name="Hornets">{{cite web | url=http://www.hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk/Page/Content/1898 | title=Elected Director – President | publisher=Rochdale Hornets RFLC | work=Rochdale Hornets Board of Directors | accessdate=11 December 2015}}</ref> |
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He was interviewed for the BBC's documentary ''High Anxieties – The Mathematics of Chaos''.<ref name=Youtube /> The video, directed by [[David Malone (independent filmmaker)|David Malone]], was about unpredictability in the economy and the environment. |
He was interviewed for the BBC's documentary ''High Anxieties – The Mathematics of Chaos''.<ref name=Youtube /> The video, directed by [[David Malone (independent filmmaker)|David Malone]], was about unpredictability in the economy and the environment. |
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Paul Andrew Ormerod (born 20 March 1950) is a British economist who is a partner at Volterra Partners consultancy. Additionally, he is a visiting professor at UCL Centre for Decision Making Uncertainty.[1][2]
Research
He has researched complexity, complex systems, nonlinear feedback, the boom and bust cycle of business and economic competition. Ormerod uses a multidisciplinary approach, making use of biology, physics, mathematics, statistics and psychology as sources of results that can be applied to economics.[citation needed]
Biography
Ormerod was born in Rochdale. After leaving Manchester Grammar School, he completed his undergraduate economic studies at Christ's College, Cambridge and his postgraduate studies at St Catherine's College, Oxford, for which he was awarded a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in economics. Upon graduation he worked as a forecaster at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
In 1994, his book The Death of Economics was released. The book criticised mainstream economic practice, and made suggestions for reform.
He has founded several companies including the Henley Centre and Volterra Partners. The Henley Centre was later sold to a FTSE100 company. Volterra Partners was founded in 1998 with Bridget Rosewell and he has remained a partner as of December 2015.[1][3]
He is the President of Rochdale Hornets RLFC.[4]
He was interviewed for the BBC's documentary High Anxieties – The Mathematics of Chaos.[5] The video, directed by David Malone, was about unpredictability in the economy and the environment.
Ormerod was the Labour Party candidate for Huntingdonshire in the February 1974 General Election.[6] A Eurosceptic, in the 1990s he was a member of the Labour Euro Safeguards Campaign. He is a supporter of Brexit.
Opinions
He believes shale fracking should not be opposed by environmentalists and that top-down measures are ineffective at reducing environmental harm.[2] He has argued that capitalism and the profit motive have reduced global inequality.[7]
Bibliography
Paul Ormerod has written several books, many articles and a blog. His books are:
- The Death of Economics (1994) St. Martin's Press ISBN 978-0-312-13464-8[8]
- Butterfly Economics: A New General Theory of Economic and Social Behaviour (1998) Faber and Faber, 217 pp. ISBN 0-571-19005-7
- Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics Faber & Faber 2005. pp. 225, notes and index. ISBN 0-375-42405-9.
- Positive Linking: How Networks Can Revolutionise the World
See also
References
- ^ a b "About Us". Volterra Partners. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Why environmentalists should embrace fracking – not sacrifice". City AM. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ "Institute of Advanced Study: Paul Ormerod – Durham University". Durham University. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ "Elected Director – President". Rochdale Hornets Board of Directors. Rochdale Hornets RFLC. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ "High Anxieties – The Mathematics of Chaos". YouTube. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ Craig, F W S (1971), British Parliamentary Election Results, 1950-1970. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services.
- ^ Ormerod, Paul. "How the global economy became more equal – thanks to capitalism". City AM. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ "The Death of Economics". Wiley.
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