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I submitted the first final draft of my Ph.D. in economics at City University London this September. There I work on the history and theories of what economic growth is, and how it has changed through time. I will be revising this over Christmas and hope to have my viva in spring 2010. The thesis includes elements of history of thought, national accounting and macro theory, and parts of it have been presented at conferences and are available in the paper section.. Concurrently I am writing up my Ph.D. in economics at the New School for Social Research, funded through a series of fellowships and grants, and I aim to finalise my thesis on empirics and development economics by summer 2010.

I have recently started as an economic advisor to the United Kingdom's Intellectual Property Office, and should quickly, for legal and other reasons, add that all the material on this page are my own opinions and do not reflect my employers views. The job is an exciting development, and the work is primarily related to applied economic analysis into the various branches of intellectual property, as well as internal management and policy advice.

Academically the summer and autumn months of 2009 were dominated by writing up my thesis, although I managed to attend the History of Economics Conference to present two papers. I was also accepted for the History of Recent Economics Conference to present my work on Keynes and Kuznets [references available separately], which was a wonderful experience. On the teaching front I was nominated for a 'Best Lecturer Award' at the Student Voice Awards at City University London. I was interviewed on my teaching style [page 6, "An original approach"], about the City University economics department and even published a short piece on teaching - "Standing on the tables" much to the chagrin of Health & Safety regulators... So it was a good summer and autumn, all in all.

My background is an M.Sc. in Development Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Economics from Royal Holloway University of London, as well as three years of consulting experience on projects in the private sector on energy, equity raising and economic forecasting.

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If there is anything you want to discuss or talk about, please do get in touch via e-mail on benjamin@mitrakahn.com

-Benjamin H. Mitra-Kahn, London, 23 December 2009.