Philip Whyte,
Senior Research Fellow

Philip Whyte joined the CER as a Senior Research Fellow in September 2007. He previously worked as an analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Bank of England.

He has written on numerous aspects of European politics and economics, including enlargement, foreign policy, fiscal and monetary policy in the euro area, the EU budget and foreign direct investment.

Philip holds an MSc (Econ) and a BSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He speaks fluent French and rudimentary German.

Main areas of expertise: Fiscal and monetary policy, microeconomic reform and the EU budget.

CER publications:

• Options for EU trade policy
  (bulletin article, October/November 2008)
  
  
• Farewell, Polish plumber
  (CER insight article, 7 August 2008)
  
  
• Let's hear it for the Transatlantic Economic Council
  (CER insight article, 23 May 2008)
  
  
• Lessons from the credit crunch
  (CER insight article, 23 April 2008)

• Liberal reforms are no threat to social Europe
  (bulletin article, April/May 2008)
  
  
• The Lisbon scorecard VIII:
  Is Europe ready for an economic storm?
  (report with Katinka Barysch and Simon Tilford, February 2008)
  
  
• Politics, Sarkozy and the euro
  (bulletin article, December 2007/January 2008)
  
  
• Sarkonomics - a user's guide
  (CER insight article, 8 November 2007)
  
  
• Can the EU learn to live with Chinese mercantilism?
  (CER insight article, 29 October 2007)
  
  
• What should Europe do about sovereign wealth funds?
  (bulletin article with Katinka Barysch, October/November 2007)