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Dominick Roy Harrod (21 August 1940 – 4 August 2013) was a British journalist and broadcaster. He was the BBC's economic correspondent in the 1970s and 1980s.


Early life

Born in Oxford, his parents were Sir Roy Harrod, the economist and biographer, and the former Wilhelmine Cresswell, known as “Billa” Harrod, who became a campaigner for the preservation of historic churches in Norfolk. Harrod would later be a founder member of the Norfolk Churches Trust with his mother, and was chairman of the Friends of
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Church in Norfolk. Educated at The
Dragon School ("Reach for the Sun") , established = 1877 , closed = , type = Preparatory day and boarding school and Pre-Prep school , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Head , head = Emma Goldsm ...
, Oxford and
Westminster School (God Gives the Increase) , established = Earliest records date from the 14th century, refounded in 1560 , type = Public school Independent day and boarding school , religion = Church of England , head_label = Hea ...
(where he edited the 'Clarion' magazine in 1957-58), Harrod read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at
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.Henry Harro
"Dominick Harrod: Unflappable economics correspondent for BBC television and radio"
''The Independent'', 9 August 2013


Career

After graduating from Oxford, Harrod joined ''
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'', writing the "Albany column" under
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. He later joined ''
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'', spending three years in the United States from 1966 as its Washington correspondent. Harrod was struck by a policeman's baton while covering the
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for the Telegraph. Returning to London, Harrod was the Telegraph's economics correspondent, and left the paper to join the
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in 1971. He remained at the BBC until 1993, only leaving to spend a year as director of information for the tyre manufacturer
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. While at the BBC Harrod interviewed every serving Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Following as period as the BBC's economics correspondent, he became economics editor for BBC Radio during the 1980s. Harrod was made redundant following changes under the
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, but later participated in several budget reports for the broadcaster. While at the BBC Harrod informally suggested “Harrod's Law of Economics”: "The more you see of me, the more trouble we're in." Harrod spent a year as the city editor of the ''
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'', and in 1994 became programme director of St George's House, a private institution for discussion founded by the Duke of Edinburgh. He retired from St George's House in 1998. He was elected a fellow of the
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in 1992, and served on the council of the
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Fund and on the Church of England's board for Social Responsibility. He was a long-standing member of the Broadcasting Division of the Chartered Institute of Journalists and served as President of the Institute during 1994-95."Dominick Harrod"
''Yorkshire Post'', 10 August 2013 Harrod wrote two books on economics for a general readership, ''The Politics of Economics'' (1978) and ''Making Sense of the Economy'' (1983). In 2000 he wrote ''War, Ice and Piracy: The Remarkable Career of a Victorian Sailor'' about the Arctic exploration by his great-great-great-uncle, Samuel Gurney Cresswell, in the 1850s. A member of the Garrick Club, Harrod was married to Christina Hobhouse from 1974 until her death in 1996; the couple had a son.


Bibliography

*''The Politics of Economics'' (1978) *''Making Sense of the Economy'' (1983) *''War, Ice and Piracy: The Remarkable Career of a Victorian Sailor'' (2000)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harrod, Dominick 1940 births 2013 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford BBC newsreaders and journalists The Daily Telegraph people English economics writers English historians People educated at The Dragon School People educated at Westminster School, London People from Oxford 20th-century English businesspeople