Stephen Barber

This article is about the British political scientist. For the British cultural studies academic, see Stephen Barber (writer).

Stephen Barber (born 1974) is a British political scientist / political economist, and author based at London South Bank University. He is also a Senior Fellow at London Metropolitan University's Global Policy Institute. He has also worked in the European Research Forum. He is a specialist in British public policy and party politics, political economy and having worked in the City of London, the globalisation of financial markets. He holds a BA in government, a MA in contemporary history and a PhD in political science, awarded by several London universities. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Member of the Securities & Investment Institute. Following the Northern Rock and banking credit crisis in 2008, he outlined his concept of a regulatory cycle of economic behaviour.

Publications

Political Strategy: modern politics in contemporary Britain (2005)

The City in Europe and the World (2005) (editor)

The Geo-Politics of the City (2007) (editor)

Greed (2009) (editor with Alexis Brassey)

Tragedy of Riches: how our politics has failed us and why we need a new economic destiny (2011)

References

• The Global Policy Institute at London Metropolitan University
• Stephen Barber page at the Global Policy Institute
• Liverpool Academic Press
• Stephen Barber article in Shares Magazine discussing moral hazards and the regulatory cycle
• Greed page at Palgrave Macmillan