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Ben Southwood

Ben Southwood

Head of Research, Adam Smith Institute

Ben Southwood is Head of Research at the Adam Smith Institute, overseeing the ASI’s research papers and strategy. 

His personal intellectual interests include monetary regimes, nature vs. nurture in individual differences, sport economics, prediction markets, and quantitative approaches to social phenomena in general.

He has written for City A.M.Conservative HomeThe Guardian, The SpectatorCapXHuffington PostThe Yorkshire Postand BBC Onlineand he comments on BBC News and Radio, and many other radio stations and TV programmes.