Stephen D. King

Stephen D King (@kingeconomist) is a British economist and author. His fourth book, We Need to Talk About Inflation, was published in April 2023. His last book, Grave New World (first published in May 2017 and later longlisted for the FT/McKinsey business book of the year) presciently anticipated globalisation's reversal. He writes a regular column in the London Evening Standard (https://www.standard.co.uk/author/stephen-king), contributes to other newspapers and magazines around the world and appears frequently on both television and radio. Now HSBC's Senior Economic Adviser, he was for many years HSBC's Group Chief Economist. Between 2015 and 2017, he was a Special Adviser to the House of Commons Treasury Committee. He sits on the Council of Management of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research and is a Director of Henderson Eurotrust. Public speaking enquiries should be addressed to either the London Speaker Bureau (http://londonspeakerbureau.com/) or the Insight Bureau (http://www.insightbureau.com/)