Stephen Barber (born 1974) is a British

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and author. He is

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of Global Affairs at

Regent's University London Regent's University London (formerly Regent's College) is a private university located in London, England. It is part of Galileo Global Education, Europe’s largest higher education provider. Regent's University London was established in 1984 ...

. He is also a senior fellow at the Global Policy Institute. He has also worked in the European Research Forum and is a former director of

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. He is a specialist in British

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and

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and having worked in the City of London, the

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. He holds a BA in

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, an MA in

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and a

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, awarded by several London universities. He is a

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of the

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and Member of the

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. Following the

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and banking credit crisis in 2008, he outlined his concept of a regulatory cycle of economic behaviour. He wrote and presented the adio 4programme 'The Case for Doing Nothing' which was broadcast in October 2016.

Publications

* ''Political Strategy: modern politics in contemporary Britain'' (2005) * ''

The City in Europe and the World ''The City in Europe and the World'' () is a 2005 collection of essays examining the relationship between the City of London's financial markets, politics, government, and Europe, edited by Stephen Barber and with a foreword by Peter Mandelson. T ...

'' (2005) (editor) * '' The Geo-Politics of the City'' (2007) (editor) * Greed (2009) (editor with Alexis Brassey) * '' Tragedy of Riches: how our politics has failed us and why we need a new economic destiny'' (2011) * ''Westminster, Governance and the Politics of Policy Inaction: Do Nothing'' (2016)

References

External links

The Global Policy Institute at London Metropolitan University Liverpool Academic PressGreed page at Palgrave MacmillanProfile at London South Bank University websiteBBC
1974 births Living people British political scientists Academics of London Metropolitan University Academics of London South Bank University Academics of Regent's University London Fellows of the Royal Historical Society {{polisci-bio-stub