Grace Blakeley
British economics commentator and a research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research

Grace Blakeley

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British economics commentator and a research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research
Gender:
Female
Places:
United KingdomGreat Britain
Is:
EconomistPunditResearcher
Work field:
AcademiaFinanceJournalism
Birth:
26 June 1993
Star sign:
Cancer
Residences
London, United Kingdom
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Grace Blakeley (born 1993) is a British author and economics commentator. She is a former research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research. She was appointed economics commentator at The New Statesman in January 2019. She is a democratic socialist, a member of the Labour Party and sits on the party's National Policy Forum.

Blakeley was educated at the fee-paying private school Lord Wandsworth College with one year at the comprehensive Sixth Form College, Farnborough, both in Hampshire, and graduated with a first in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at St Peter's College, Oxford. She then studied for a master’s degree in African Studies at St Antony's College, Oxford,

Blakeley has appeared on British television as a politics and economics commentator. She supports the Green New Deal both for the UK and internationally.

Blakeley's first book, "Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation", was published 10 September 2019. It has received both positive and negative reviews.