
Jonathan Dupont
Economic & Social Policy Research Fellow
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Jonathan Dupont joined Policy Exchange in April 2014 as a Research Fellow in the Economics & Social Policy Unit. Prior to joining, he worked as a parliamentary researcher, an independent economic researcher and an analyst for the There is Nothing British about the BNP campaign. He has co-written multiple books on public policy, including A Time for Choosing for Palgrave Macmillan and Gridlock Nation for Biteback Publishing.

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We need Aid and Trade, not Either/Or
by Jonathan Dupont | Jul 6, 2017
This article appeared on CapX. If you read CapX, you probably already know the good news. The world is getting better. The combination of open markets and evolving technology – capitalism, in other words – continues to drive down global poverty, increase quality of...
Budgeting for Balance: How hard is this going to be?
by Jonathan Dupont | Nov 24, 2015
Read Report Together, a decade of loose public spending, fiscal stimulus and the aftermath of the financial crisis left Britain with the highest deficit in its post war history at 10.2% of GDP. Even half a decade later, that deficit is only half closed, and remains...
No Worker Left Behind: How to improve pay and work for the low paid
by Jonathan Dupont | Mar 5, 2015
Read Report Is growth leaving the ordinary worker behind? No Worker Left Behind argues that growth is still the best way to raise living standards. There has been no fundamental decoupling between growth, ordinary incomes and jobs, whilst inequality has been flat for...
Economics Manifesto 2015
by Jonathan Dupont | Feb 24, 2015
Read Publication After a decade in which real wages have fallen and unemployment soared, it is no surprise that many people have lost faith in the ability of markets to deliver for them. In the short term, Britain faces challenges: our productivity is stagnant, our...Stay Up To Date
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