Dr. Duncan Needham

Biography

Duncan Needham is a notable academic in the field of Economic History, currently holding several prestigious positions at the University of Cambridge. He serves as the Dean and Senior Tutor at Darwin College and is Director of the Centre for Financial History. In addition, he is a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Risk Studies in the Judge Business School, and an Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty of History at Cambridge. Needham completed his degree at the London School of Economics in 1994 and has since worked as a credit trader at JP Morgan and as a fund manager at Cairn Capital before returning to academia in 2008. He was awarded a PhD that received the Economic History Society’s Thirsk-Feinstein Prize for his research published by Macmillan, focusing on UK monetary policy during the Thatcher period from 1967 to 1982. His research interests encompass a breadth of topics including monetary and financial history, with a particular focus on the intersection of economic theory, politics, and financial markets. More recent studies have explored the implications of supranational relations, notably within the context of the European Monetary Union and the International Monetary Fund's relations with the United Kingdom during the mid-20th century.

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