Tim Worstall

Tim Worstall (born 27 March 1963, Torquay) is a British-born writer and blogger, who writes about many topics, but particularly about economics. He works as a consultant and dealer in scandium and other exotic metals.<ref name="Scandium>"The Low Hanging Fruit Company ( BVI ) Limited". Retrieved 3 September 2006.</ref>[1] He is a Senior Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute.[2]

Worstall is a regular contributor to Forbes[3] and the Register.[4] He has also written for the Guardian,[5] the New York Times,[6] PandoDaily,[7] the Daily Telegraph blogs,[8] the Times,[9] and The Wall Street Journal.[10] In 2010 his blog was listed as one of the top 100 UK political blogs by Total Politics.[11]

Worstall is a supporter of the UK Independence Party (UKIP),[12] stood as a candidate for London in the European Parliament election, 2009,[12][13] and acted as the party's press officer.[12][14]

Worstall's writings on economics and environmentalism have received a varied response. Matt Ridley described his book Chasing Rainbows as "Fearless, fresh, forensic and funny",[15] while in response to an article by Worstall about the think tank Compass[16] the author Colin Hines described Worstall's argument as "a libellous smokescreen".[17] Worstall has also written on corporate tax and has been critical of the protest group UK Uncut.[18] In response Richard Murphy wrote that "the claims made by Worstall are not just groundless, they reveal either a profound misunderstanding of the issues or a deliberate willingness to misrepresent them".[19]

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  1. ↑ Penman, Andrew (5 December 2012). "Meet the new investment scam on the block – rare earth metals". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Fellows". Adam Smith Institute. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Contributor: Tim Worstall". Forbes. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Tim Worstall". The Register. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Tim Worstall". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Worstall, Tim (21 July 2014). "Corporate Taxation Is Inefficient". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Tim Worstall". PandoDaily. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Tim Worstall". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  9. ↑ Worstall, Tim (6 November 2012). "How to get a proper living wage: don’t tax it". The Times. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  10. ↑ Worstall, Tim (22 June 2011). "Who Pays Financial-Transaction Taxes?". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Top 100 UK political blogs". Total Politics. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Worstall, Tim (5 June 2013). "Explaining The Extraordinary Rise of the UK Independence Party". Forbes. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "London candidates for the European Elections 2009". BBC. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  14. ↑ Lynas, Mark (10 January 2012). "A challenge to Christopher Booker: try Decc's future energy calculator properly". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2014. the former Ukip press officer-turned-blogger Tim Worstall
  15. ↑ Ridley, Matt (10 December 2010). "Worstall on Stern". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  16. ↑ Worstall, Tim (23 April 2012). "Forward to Fascism with Compass and its 'Progressive Protectionism'". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  17. ↑ Hines, Colin (25 April 2012). "Seeing off the extreme Right with progressive protectionism". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  18. ↑ Worstall, Tim (7 October 2011). "UK Uncut Unravelled". Economic Affairs 31 (S3): 2–3. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0270.2011.02115_2.x.
  19. ↑ Murphy, Richard (18 March 2011). "Worstall misses the point time and again on UK Uncut". Tax Research UK. Retrieved 17 August 2014.

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