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{{Short description|English journalist and author}} {{About|the British journalist|the American football coach|Larry Elliott (football coach)}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} '''Larry Elliott''' (born 29 August 1955)<ref>{{Who's Who | title = ELLIOTT, Lawrence Brian | id = U245194 | volume = 2024 | edition = online}}</ref> is an English journalist and author who focuses on economic issues. He was the economics editor at ''[[The Guardian]]'' until November 2024, and has published seven books on related issues, six of them in partnership with [[Dan Atkinson]]. ==Early life== Elliott was educated at [[St Albans School (Hertfordshire)|St Albans School]],<ref>{{cite news|url= https://issuu.com/katelesueur/docs/oa_bulletin_summer_2017|newspaper =OA Bulletin |date =29 June 2017|issue=Summer 2017|publisher =St Albans School Development Office |page=12|title =Headmaster's Notes: Building Futures|first =Jonathan |last =Gillespie}}</ref> an independent school for boys in [[St Albans]], [[Hertfordshire]], in southern [[England]], followed by [[Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge]], where he read history.<ref>{{cite web |title=Larry Elliott lecture online |url=https://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/news/larry-elliott-lecture-online |website=Fitzwilliam College |access-date=4 April 2021}}</ref> ==Journalistic career== * ''[[Hemel Hempstead Evening Post-Echo|The Evening Post-Echo]]'', [[Hemel Hempstead]], 1978 to 1983 * [[Press Association]], 1983 to 1988 * ''[[The Guardian]]'', 1988 to date Elliott's areas of particular interest are globalisation, trade, Europe, development, and the interface between economics and the environment. He is on the editorial board of ''Catalyst'', on the board of the [[Scott Trust Limited|Scott Trust]], a council member of the [[Overseas Development Institute]] and a visiting fellow at the [[University of Hertfordshire]]. Elliott's 2007 book, ''Fantasy Island,'' argued that the [[British economy]] was weaker than it appeared and that a recession could dramatically damage its base of services.<ref name="Blair's 'Fantasy Island' should face same scrutiny as company directors">{{cite web|last1=Randall|first1=Jeff|title=Blair's 'Fantasy Island' should face same scrutiny as company directors|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeffrandall/2809015/Blairs-Fantasy-Island-should-face-same-scrutiny-as-company-directors.html|website=[[Daily Telegraph]]|date=16 May 2007|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="Standard">{{cite web|last1=Atkinson|first1=Dan|title=Fantasy Island - Blair's 'devastating' legacy|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/fantasy-island-blairs-devastating-legacy-7264438.html|website=[[Evening Standard]]|date=26 May 2007|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref> He supported Britain leaving the [[European Union]]<ref name="Brexit may be the best answer">{{cite web|last1=Elliott|first1=Larry|title=Brexit may be the best answer to a dying eurozone: Staying in the EU means hitching ourselves to an undemocratic project run by and for a remote elite|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/20/brexit-best-answer-to-dying-eurozone-eu-undemocratic-elite|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=20 May 2016|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="Varsity">{{cite web|last1=Fitzpatrick|first1=Anna|title=Larry Elliott: 'Economics is not a hard science, it's really more like a form of medieval witchcraft'|url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/12051|website=Varsity|access-date=30 April 2017}}</ref> and voted to leave the [[European Economic Community]] in the [[1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum|1975 referendum]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spiked-online.com/2018/10/19/the-establishment-is-trying-to-keep-us-in-the-eu/|title='The establishment is trying to keep us in the EU'|website=www.spiked-online.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref> Elliott, an outspoken critic of the European Union, authored articles for ''[[The Guardian]]'' such as “Brexit is a rejection of Globalisation”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jun/26/brexit-is-the-rejection-of-globalisation|title='Brexit is a rejection of globalisation |website=The Guardian|date=26 June 2016 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> He stated that the British people's decision to leave the European Union in 2016 is testament to its failure to act on its promises to protect its member states from the worst effects of globalisation, which he considers would have included the funding of more affordable homes and the provision of more employment opportunities. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jun/26/brexit-is-the-rejection-of-globalisation|title='Brexit is a rejection of globalisation|website=The Guardian|date=26 June 2016 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> Elliott was economics editor of ''The Guardian'' from 1996 to November 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Elliott |first1=Larry |title=From Thatcher to Trump and Brexit: my seven lessons learned after 28 years as Guardian economics editor|date=10 November 2024 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/10/from-thatcher-to-trump-and-brexit-my-seven-lessons-learned-after-28-years-as-guardian-economics-editor |website=theguardian.com |publisher=Guardian |access-date=17 November 2024}}</ref> ==Works== *''Europe Didn't Work'' by Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson (Yale University Press, 2017). *''Europe Isn't Working'' by Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson (Yale University Press, 2016). *''[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jun/08/why-uk-no-longer-superpower Going South: Why Britain will have a Third World Economy by 2014]'' by Larry Elliott and [[Dan Atkinson]] (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). *''The Gods that Failed: How Blind Faith in Markets has Cost us Our Future'' by Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson (The Bodley Head, 2008) {{ISBN|978-1-84792-030-0}}. *''Fantasy Island'' by Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson (Constable, 2007) {{ISBN|1-84529-605-2}}. *''In or Out: Labour and the Euro'' by Larry Elliott, [[Andrew Gamble]], Janet Bush (Fabian Society, 2002) {{ISBN|0-7163-0601-8}}. *''The Age of Insecurity'' by Larry Elliott, Dan Atkinson (Verso Books, 1998) {{ISBN|0-18-598484-3}}. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://www.theguardian.com/profile/larryelliott Larry Elliott's ''Guardian'' profile] *[http://www.journalisted.com/larry-elliott Journalisted – Articles by Larry Elliott] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707194210/http://www.journalisted.com/larry-elliott |date=7 July 2009 }} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Elliott, Larry}} [[Category:Academics of the University of Hertfordshire]] [[Category:Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge]] [[Category:British business writers]] [[Category:English male journalists]] [[Category:The Guardian journalists]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People educated at St Albans School, Hertfordshire]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] {{UK-journalist-stub}}
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