Edward Hugh

Who is Edward Hugh?

Edward Hugh, dubbed by The New York Times as "the blog prophet of Euro zone doom" is a Welsh economist now based in Catalonia, Spain, where he has been living since 1990. He speaks French, Catalan, Spanish and English.

Born in Liverpool, Edward Hugh, who "attracted a cult following among financial analysts", studied at the London School of Economics but was drawn more to philosophy, science, sociology and literature. His eclectic intellectual pursuits kept him not only from getting his doctorate but also prevented him from landing a full-time professor’s job.

By inclination a macro economist, his obsession with trying to understand the economic impact of demographic changes has often taken him far from Economics and towards fields like demography, anthropology, biology, sociology and systems theory. In particular his work has been centred around the study of demographic changes, migration patterns, and the impact of these on economic growth.

In 2014 he published his first book entitled "¿Adiós a la Crisis?". He wrote the book in Spanish and it discusses the economic situation in Spain.