Colin Read

Colin Read is a professor of Economics and Finance, former dean of the School of Business and Economics at SUNY College at Plattsburgh, and a columnist and blogger. He has a Ph.D. in Economics, J.D. in Law, M.B.A., Masters of Taxation, and has taught environmental and energy economics and finance for 25 years. Colin’s recent books include The Bitcoin Dilemma, a seven book series entitled Great Minds in Finance, BP and the Macondo Spill: The Complete Story, The Fear Factor, Global Financial Meltdown: How We Can Avoid the Next Economic Crisis, The Rise and Fall of an Economic Empire: With Lessons for Aspiring Nations, and a book on international taxation. He has written dozens of papers on market failure, volatility, and the finance of housing markets, writes a weekly newspaper column, and has appeared on BBC, CBC, CNBC, PBS, and other maro networks, magazines, and newspapers for discussions on the international, national, and regional economies. He publishes every week a blog at www.everybodysbusiness.com. He has worked as a research associate at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies and served the Ministry of Finance in Indonesia under contract from the Harvard Institute for International Development. His consulting company can be found on the Internet at www.economicinsights.net. In his spare time he enjoys floatplane flying from his home on Lake Champlain and tending to the commercial vineyard that that he shares with his wife, Natalie, daughter, Blair, and dog, Albert.