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*[[Lord Burns]] Appointed November 2003; Chairman, Abbey plc
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*[[Lord Burns]] Appointed November 2003; Chairman, [[Abbey]] plc
 
*Sir [[Brian Corby]] (former President). Appointed November 1994; formerly Chairman of [[Prudential]] Corporation plc
 
*Sir [[Brian Corby]] (former President). Appointed November 1994; formerly Chairman of [[Prudential]] Corporation plc
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===Chairman of Council===
 
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Revision as of 09:40, 13 February 2007

A corporate funded research organisation. It claims:

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research is Britain’s longest established independent economic research institute with over sixty years experience of applying academic excellence to the needs of business and policy makers. The Institute's objective is to promote, through quantitative research, a deeper understanding of the interaction of economic and social forces that affect people's lives so that they may be improved.[1]

Of course, the second sentence is undermined by the first since the pursuit of the 'needs' of business allow a deeper understanding of issues so that people lives can be subordinated to business interests.

The NIESR has since 2001 run the Westminster Economic Forum jointly with the publicly funded Economic and Social Research Council.

Council of Management

President

Chairman of Council

Appointed November 2002; Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford, Professor of Economics, LSE, and former member of the Monetary Policy Committee

Institute Director

Dr Martin Weale, CBE


Company Secretary

Gill Clisham, FRSA Appointed January 2001; formerly External Relations Officer, NIESR

Council Members

Notes

  1. ^ About the National Institute of Economic and Social Research National Institute of Economic and Social Research website, October 2006.