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Geoff Riley - World famous economist in New Zealand
13th March 2011
A blushing hat tip to a fellow economic educator in New Zealand who had the following conversation in a macroeconomics class last week…...
In telling students about demand management and how a government should stimulate demand in order to encourage economic growth, I asked the class which economist was famous for this policy. In giving clues I said
- he wrote the General Theory
- there was a rap song about him and Hayek
- he went to Eton College
- a society at Eton is even named after him
Then a voice from the back said “Riley".
A classic case of information failure!!
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.