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Stuart Kingsley Holland (born 25 March 1940) is a British economist and former politician. As a Member of Parliament for the Labour Party, Holland represented the
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constituency in
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,
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, from 1979 until 1989, when he resigned his seat in order to take up a post at the
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,
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. He has held teaching and research posts at the universities of Oxford, Sussex, the European University Institute, the universities of Roskilde and
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; has authored over 180 articles, many in referred journals, chapters in books and other papers and conference presentations; authored, co-authored or edited over 15 books on economic theory and policy, international trade, economic integration, regional theory and policy, social policies, development economics and global governance. Holland currently is a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra and a Senior Scholar of the Institute of Social and European Studies, Köszeg, Hungary.


Biography

Born in 1940, Stuart Holland studied and taught history and political theory at
University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...
, then became an adviser to
Harold Wilson James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He ...
on European affairs and gained the consent of
Charles De Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government ...
for a second British application to join the
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. Resigning from
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when Wilson did not follow this through, including the proposal for a European Technology Community and for mutual currency support, he gained an economics doctorate at Oxford, and drafted what in the early 1970s became the economic programme of the British Labour Party when researching and teaching at
Sussex University , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...
. His case for state holding companies in energy and industry led to the creation of the
British National Oil Corporation Britoil plc was originally a privatised British oil company operating in the North Sea. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. The company was acquired by BP in 1988, becoming a brand of it.National Enterprise Board The National Enterprise Board (NEB) was a United Kingdom government body. It was set up in 1975 by the Labour government of Harold Wilson, to support the government's interventionist approach to industry. In 1981 the Conservative government of Mar ...
. His proposals for regional development agencies led to the creation of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Development Agencies and the Greater London Enterprise Board (now London Enterprise). From 1979 to 1989 he was Labour Member of Parliament for Lambeth Vauxhall. As shadow minister for development cooperation from 1983 to 1987 he drafted the 1985 Global Challenge report for the Socialist International, and led the first Labour Party delegation to China since
Clement Attlee Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, (3 January 18838 October 1967) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. He was Deputy Prime Mini ...
in 1952. He then was shadow financial secretary to the Treasury before leaving Westminster to help
Jacques Delors Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (born 20 July 1925) is a French politician who served as the 8th President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995. He served as Minister of Finance of France from 1981 to 1984. He was a Member of the European Par ...
shape EU policies for economic and social cohesion. MPs resign from the House of Commons by being appointed to an office of profit under the Crown. Holland was appointed to the sinecure post of
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, and held it for five years and 247 days, the longest period the post has been held since its creation in 1850. His proposals to Delors for US New Deal style bonds to offset the deflationary Maastricht debt and deficit conditions have resurfaced during the Eurozone crisis. His case to Delors on the case for a New Bretton Woods Conference was endorsed by
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at his first G7 in Naples but not followed through by European governments. His more recent case that the
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should constitute the governing body of a World Development Organization also has attracted high level interest from the Permanent Representatives to the UN of China, Japan, India, South Africa, Brazil and Mexico. His earlier advice to
Andreas Papandreou Andreas Georgiou Papandreou ( el, Ανδρέας Γεωργίου Παπανδρέου, ; 5 February 1919 – 23 June 1996) was a Greek economist, politician and a dominant figure in Greek politics, known for founding the political party PASOK, wh ...
, backed by
François Mitterrand François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was President of France, serving under that position from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office in the history of France. As First Secretary of the Socialist Party, he ...
, prompted the first revision of the Rome Treaty, with commitments to both an internal market and to economic and social cohesion in the 1986 Single European Act. His later advice to Portuguese Prime Minister
António Guterres António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres ( , ; born 30 April 1949) is a Portuguese politician and diplomat. Since 2017, he has served as secretary-general of the United Nations, the ninth person to hold this title. A member of the Portuguese Socia ...
included a cohesion and convergence remit for the European Investment Bank to invest in health, education, urban regeneration and new technology without this counting on national debt. In 1997 the European Council endorsed this as did employer and trades union representatives on the Economic and Social Committee of the EU in 2012. In 2010, he co-authored ''A Modest Proposal'' with the Greek economist
Yanis Varoufakis Ioannis "Yanis" Varoufakis ( el, Ιωάννης Γεωργίου "Γιάνης" Βαρουφάκης, Ioánnis Georgíou "Giánis" Varoufákis, ; born 24 March 1961) is a Greek economist and politician. A former academic, he served as the Gree ...
.


Bibliography

*''The State as Entrepreneur, New Dimensions for Public Enterprise: The IRI State Shareholding Formula'' (1972) editor *''Socialist Challenge'' (1975) *''Capital versus the Regions'' (1976) *''The Regional Problem'' (1976) *''Beyond Capitalist Planning'' (1978) editor *''Uncommon Market: Capital, Class and Power in the European Community'' (1980) *''Out of Crisis. A Project for European Recovery'' (1983) editor *''Kissinger's Kingdom: a Counter Report on Central America'' (1984) with Donald Anderson *''Never Kneel Down: Drought, Development and Liberation in
Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
'' (1984) with James Firebrace *''The Market Economy: From Micro to Mesoeconomics'' (1987) *''The Global Economy: From Micro to Mesoeconomics'' (1987) *''Central America: The Future of Economic Integration'' (1989) editor with George Irvin *''The European Imperative: Economic and Social Cohesion in the 1990s'' (1993) *''Towards a New Bretton Woods: Alternatives for the Global Economy'' (1994) *''A Modest Proposal'' (2010) with
Yanis Varoufakis Ioannis "Yanis" Varoufakis ( el, Ιωάννης Γεωργίου "Γιάνης" Βαρουφάκης, Ioánnis Georgíou "Giánis" Varoufákis, ; born 24 March 1961) is a Greek economist and politician. A former academic, he served as the Gree ...
*''Europe in Question: And What to Do About it'' (2014)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holland, Stuart 1940 births Living people Academics of the University of Oxford Alumni of the University of Oxford British economics writers Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People educated at Christ's Hospital UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 UK MPs 1987–1992 University of Coimbra faculty Academics of the University of Sussex