Should the UK adopt the euro? One of the key questions currently facing the country. The answer has implications for the UK, Europe and the world economy. Without using economic jargon, Paul Temperton clearly explains for the general reader the case for and against the UK adopting the euro and what the likely affects of each course of action will be. With the help of cartoons and a clear style that make complex economic ideas understandable, The UK and the Euro details all of the key issues in the controversy, while offering a clear and impartial look at both sides.
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Paul Temperton has run his own economic consultancy company, TIER (The Independent Economic Research Company) since 1993. He provides consultancy and training programmes to a range of official institutions and financial organisations around the world.
Paul graduated from Durham University, England in 1980 with a first class honours degree in Economics. He obtained his CFA charter in 2000. He began his career in the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Group, working on the design and implementation of UK monetary policy. This was followed by ten years working in the City, mainly with Merrill Lynch, where he was first vice president and Director of European Economic and Fixed Income Research. He has written or edited a total of seven books on economics, UK monetary policy and the euro. The most recent was The UK and the Euro (published by Wiley, 2001).
