
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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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...
There is an opportunity to reform how public sector pay is managed
by Jonathan Dupont | Jul 13, 2017
It is not surprising that eight years of difficult financial choices that many are questioning whether we might finally be able to loosen up and reach the so-called ‘end to austerity.’ The current debate within the Cabinet about the cap on public sector pay raises...
How can Government and regulators keep up with disruptive innovation?
by Jonathan Dupont | Jul 12, 2017
From self-driving cars to peer-to-peer lending, new technologies look set to disrupt not just markets, but many of the assumptions which lie behind their regulation. Working with the UK Regulators Network, this week Policy Exchange hosted a roundtable with...
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...Stay Up To Date
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