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George Magnus

Economist and Author

George Magnus

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George Magnus

George Magnus

George Magnus is an independent economist and commentator, an Associate at the China Centre, Oxford University, and an adviser to some asset management companies.

He is a regular contributor to the Financial Times, Prospect Magazine and other written media, and appears regularly on BBC TV and radio, Bloomberg TV and other outlets.

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"George Magnus does not look like a prophet. Yet this is the man widely acknowledged to have predicted that the US sub-prime mortgage crisis would trigger a global recession."

- Josephine Moulds, The Daily Telegraph

George Magnus's Viewpoints Blog

  • As the 2020s dawn, China’s search for financial stability isn’t getting easier
  • Hong Kong is going to cost China
  • Britain’s Huawei controversy has wider important significance
  • Gavin Williamson’s Gaffe
  • China’s unemployment is moving centre-stage

Latest Articles

  • For China, the 2020s will be a difficult decade

    China is big and powerful, but its consumption per head is no higher than Peru. A ‘recession with Chinese characteristics’ is not out of the question. China faces its most serious economic challenges since Mao's death in 1976 Read more →

  • The Hong Kong unrest is precisely what the leaders in Beijing don’t need

    The protest movement in Hong Kong is the kind of thing that changes the way people think about the future. Read more →

  • Red Flags: a discussion about contemporary China at the Bristol Festival of Ideas with Jo Michell

    A SoundCloud recoding of a discussion on 20/11/2019 https://soundcloud.com/bristol-festival-of-ideas/george-magnus-20-november-2019

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  • Both Labour and the Tories are being dishonest about public spending

    The major parties' manifestos both are long on promises, but short on practicality or in some cases, honesty Read more →

  • China’s desire to control Hong Kong will not end well – for China, Hong Kong or the rest of the world

    Hong Kong protests could lead to more direct intervention by China to which the US Congress has already started to respond Read more →

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