David Boyle

David Boyle is a fellow of nef (the new economics foundation) and a writer. He is the author of two history books, Blondel’s Song: The capture, imprisonment and ransom of Richard the Lionheart (2005) and Toward the Setting Sun: Columbus, Cabot, Vespucci, and the Race for America (2008), one novel, Leaves the World to Darkness (2007), and a numerous books about social change, economics and the future, including Funny Money: In search of alternative cash (1999), The Money Changers: Currency reform from Aristotle to e-cash (2002), The Tyranny of Numbers: Why counting can’t make us happy (2002) and  Authenticity: Brands, Fakes, Spin and the Lust for Real Life (2003). His latest book is Money Matters: Putting the Eco into Economics (2009).

An associate of nef right from the organisation’s beginnings in 1986, David has contributed to research on banking and finance, co-production, localism, the NHS and property issues, and edits nef’s quarterly newspaper Radical Economics. He was at the heart of the effort to introduce time banks to Britain as a critical element of public service reform, and within a decade the movement has grown to more than 100 projects in the UK.

David is also the co-author, with Andrew Simms, of The New Economics: A Bigger Picture (forthcoming, 2009).