Economic Research Council
The Economic Research Council, Britain’s oldest economics-based think tank, is dedicated to extending the reach of economic education, debate and leadership. In support of this, the ERC raises the profile of economic conversations; we host events to cultivate wider accessibility, inclusion and civic participation.
History
The Economic Research Council was founded in 1943 as the Joint Council for Economic and Monetary Research. Its origins go back at least a decade earlier to the 1930s, when a number of prominent people, concerned at the poverty around them in the midst of plenty, started questioning the use in Britain of a monetary system that had failed the nation in the past and was liable to go on perpetuating the sequence of boom, slump, boom of the 1920s. If orthodox economics were to blame then its basic tenets should be challenged.
More information on Edward Holloway, one of the founding members of the ERC, can be found here.
The ERC Today
The challengers should be informed citizens who make it our business to learn more about the practical aspects of economics, and to get more people to join us in this process of enlightenment.
The Council is a registered charity
The part the Council seeks to play in the economic life of the nation is to be an agent for change, supporting economic education and wider accessibility. The activities of the Council are all intended to reflect and develop this role.
Economic Research Council – Officers
President – The Rt Hon Lord Lamont of Lerwick
Chairman – Damon de Laszlo
Vice-Presidents – Sir Vince Cable, Professor Tim Congdon, Peter Griffiths, Professor Brian Reading, Andrew Sentance, David B. Smith, Dr Peter Warburton.
Vice-Chairman – John Mills
Hon. Secretary – Jim Bourlet
Head of Masters Committee – William de Laszlo
Programme Director – Aimée Allam
Researcher– David Dike
Executive Committee
Damon de Laszlo (Chairman)
Tony Baron
Oliver Bond
Jim Bourlet
William de Laszlo
Kristina Maria Manalo
Robert McGarvey
Christopher Meakin
Howard Mighell
John Mills
Wolf Raymer
Masters Committee
William de Laszlo
Greg Opie
Oliver Bond
Tom Chatfield
Toby Cross
David Hobson
Dan Madden
Kristina Maria Manalo
Robyn Scott
Aimée Allam