David Henry Smith (born 1954) is a British economics author. He is known for being his book ''The Dragon and the Elephant'' and for being the economics editor of ''The Sunday Times'' weekly newspaper.

Biography

Smith was born in the West Midlands, and grew up in

West Bromwich West Bromwich ( ) is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is north-west of Birmingham. West Bromwich is part of the area known as the Black Country, in terms of geography, ...

. In 1989, Smith became the economics editor of ''

The Sunday Times ''The Sunday Times'' is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK, whi ...

'' weekly newspaper. In 2007, Smith was one of five shortlisted journalists in the finance/business category at the British Press Awards. A year later at the same awards, he was awarded the ''Highly Commended Feature Writer of the Year''.

Writings

*''The Rise and Fall of Monetarism'' - 1991 *''From Boom to Bust - Trial and Error in UK Economic Policy'' - 1992 *''North and South - Britain's Economic Divide'' - 1994 *''Will Europe Work'' - 1999 *''The Dragon and The Elephant'' - 2007 *''Free Lunch - Easily Digestible Economics'' - 2008 *''The Age of Instability'' - 2010 In 2007, reviewer Larry Prusak described ''The Dragon and The Elephant'' as "one of the best of breed of such books".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, David 1954 births Living people British newspaper editors British political journalists English male journalists People from West Bromwich The Sunday Times people People educated at West Bromwich Grammar School