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Geoff Riley - World famous economist in New Zealand

Geoff Riley

13th March 2011

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A blushing hat tip to a fellow economic educator in New Zealand who had the following conversation in a macroeconomics class last week…...

In telling students about demand management and how a government should stimulate demand in order to encourage economic growth, I asked the class which economist was famous for this policy. In giving clues I said

- he wrote the General Theory
- there was a rap song about him and Hayek
- he went to Eton College
- a society at Eton is even named after him

Then a voice from the back said “Riley".

A classic case of information failure!!

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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