John Kay is one of Britain’s leading economists. His interests focus on the relationships between economics and business. His career has spanned academic work and think tanks, business schools, company directorships, consultancies and investment companies.

John’s main current interest is in writing and he publishes a weekly colum in the Financial Times. His most important recent book was published in Europe in 2003 as The Truth about Markets and in the US in the following year as Culture and Prosperity. His new book The Long and the Short of It - everyone's guide to investment and financial markets - will be published in January 2009.

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